| 单词 | semantic borrowing |
| 释义 | > as lemmassemantic borrowing semantic borrowing n. an extension of the meaning of a word by analogy with a partly synonymous term in another language; the process by which this occurs. ΚΠ 1904 C. D. Buck Gram. Oscan & Umbrian Add. 354 Both may be due to Greek influence, that is, may be semantic borrowings. 1955 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 54 89 As a parliamentary term the word Sprecher is a semantic borrowing from English. 2009 P. Durkin Oxf. Guide Etymol. v. 136 As with loan translations, it can often be difficult to differentiate cases of semantic borrowing from coincidental semantic development in two languages. < as lemmas |
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