calque
US /kælk/
UK /kælk/
名詞
1.
借譯, 仿譯
a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal, word-for-word or root-for-root translation
範例:
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The term 'skyscraper' is a calque from Dutch 'wolkenkrabber'.
「摩天大樓」一詞是荷蘭語「wolkenkrabber」的借譯。
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Many technical terms in computing are calques from English.
計算機中的許多技術術語都是從英語借譯而來的。
同義詞:
動詞
1.
借譯, 仿譯
to borrow a word or phrase from another language by literal, word-for-word or root-for-root translation
範例:
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Linguists often study how languages calque terms from one another.
語言學家經常研究語言如何相互借譯術語。
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The new phrase was calqued directly from a popular foreign idiom.
這個新短語是直接從一個流行的外來習語借譯而來的。
在 Lingoland 學習這個單詞