calque
US /kælk/
UK /kælk/
名词
1.
借译, 仿译
a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal, word-for-word or root-for-root translation
示例:
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The term 'skyscraper' is a calque from Dutch 'wolkenkrabber'.
“摩天大楼”一词是荷兰语“wolkenkrabber”的借译。
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Many technical terms in computing are calques from English.
计算机中的许多技术术语都是从英语借译而来的。
同义词:
动词
1.
借译, 仿译
to borrow a word or phrase from another language by literal, word-for-word or root-for-root translation
示例:
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Linguists often study how languages calque terms from one another.
语言学家经常研究语言如何相互借译术语。
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The new phrase was calqued directly from a popular foreign idiom.
这个新短语是直接从一个流行的外来习语借译而来的。
在 Lingoland 学习这个单词