umbrella term/word/title etcWORD, PHRASE, OR SENTENCEa word whose meaning includes many different types of a particular thing 〔包括多种含义的〕概括词/总称等 District nurses, health visitors, and school nurses will come under the umbrella term ‘community nursing’. 地区护士、健康访视员和学校护士都归在“社区护理”这个总称下面。
umbrella term/word/title etc• We use mime as an umbrella term for all the art forms.• This is an umbrella term, used widely and well understood in an educational context.
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