First Known Use before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a Time Traveler The first known use of borrow was before the 12th century See more words from the same century Phrases Containing borrow beg, borrow, or/and steal borrow a page from borrow pit borrow...
a被借用的词语词形和词义均保持原来的风貌 ,这样在一定程度上增添了语言的古雅色彩。 The words and expressions morphology and the word meaning which borrows maintain the original style, has increased the language classically elegant color like this to a certain extent.[translate]...
English takes many of its words from different languages around the world. These words are broadly known asborrowings, and are subdivided into two categories: loanwords and loan translations. Aloanwordis a term taken from another language and used without translation; it has a specific meaning tha...
specify or clarifythemeaningorscope attributed by the declarant to a treaty or to certain of its provisions” — which corresponds to the definition of “interpretative declaration” — and another to determine whether the interpretation proposed therein is valid, or, in other words, whether the“...
Borrowed Words: Using the Words of Others to Express What We Want to Say Elizabeth Knowles Editor, Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford University Press When we learn to speak we acquire a vocabulary: nouns and verbs, phrases and idioms. As part of this process, we also begin to build ...
3.As a common phenomenon,languages borrow words from each other.词汇相互借用是各种语言所共有的现象。 4.Something that is borrowed, especially a word borrowed from one language for use in another.借用物借用物,尤指从其它语言中借用的词汇 5.Chinese Loanwords in Chun Dialect and Their Effect on ...
1) borrowed words by transliteration and meaning 音意兼译外来词 2) transliterated-and-liberally-translated words 音意兼译词 1. This paper mainly discusses thosetransliterated-and-liberally-translated wordsappearing in Chinese in the 1990s,concludes their features,and analyses the reasons why they appea...
Some people, however, complained that the name sounded awkward in Chinese and wondered whether the meaning is a little too subject to interpretation.Volkswagen took a slightly different approach and instead considered the design of their logo, taking advantage of the pictographic nature of Chinese ...
Loanwords and calques are useful tolinguistsin examining when and how one culture processed its interaction with another. 10 English Words That Are Borrowed From Chinese 1.Coolie:While some claim that this term has its origins in Hindi, it’s been argued that it could also have origins in th...
Their works were simple in words but rich in meaning." Zhou said music is a good way to spread culture and tell China's stories. "When I was studying abroad, my teachers listened to my songs for the first time. They felt that Chinese music is so beautiful. They really liked my songs...