单选题 The word "girl" originally meant "young person of either sex", but now it means "young people of female sex". This is an example of
A. meaning-shift. B. loss of meaning.
C. widening of meaning. D. narrow of meaning.

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 语言学实例分析
girl一词最初指年轻男性或女性，现在则只用于表示年轻女性，这显然是词义的缩小。