英和和英

名詞

continuer (plural continuers)

1. One who, or that which, continues.
   • 2014, Peter Perciles Trifonas, Themistoklis Aravossitas, Rethinking Heritage Language Education, page 71:

     Under the current CCAFL scheme, syllabuses are developed at three levels: beginners, continuers (second language) and background/first language speakers […]

2. (linguistics) A word or phrase interjected by the listener to indicate that he/she is listening to the speaker.
   • 2008 January 8, Denise Grady, “For Cancer Patients, Empathy Goes a Long Way”, in New York Times‎:

     The team found that doctors used continuers only 22 percent of the time.

アナグラム

• centurion, incounter, neutronic