anaphor ['ænəfə(r)] [-fɔ:(r)]n.照应语(返指上文的词或词组);回指对象;照应词;指语照应语(返指上文的词或词组)a word or phrase that refers back to an earlier word or phrase, for example in the phrase ‘My mother said she was leaving’, where ‘she’ is used as an anaphor for ‘my mother’