| 单词 | hog latin |
| 释义 | > as lemmashog Latin hog Latin n. (a) incorrect or debased Latin (cf. pig Latin n. 1, dog-Latin n. at dog n.1 Compounds 3a); (b) any incomprehensible form of speech or writing; esp. a systematically altered form of English used as a sort of code (cf. pig Latin n. 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Latin > anglicized or corrupt English Latinc1475 kitchen-Latin1579 law-Latin1615 dog-Latin1661 bog Latin1785 hog Latin1807 Anglo-Latin1811 rogue's Latin1818 Monk-Latin1843 pig Latin1844 1807 W. Sampson Mem. xxxii. 274 Some of the very acts of parliament..are such a queer compound of Danish, Norman hog-latin, and I don't know what, as to be the most biting satires upon the Englishry. 1810 M. van H. Dwight Jrnl. 20 Nov. in Journey to Ohio (1912) 53 He pass'd us on the road, singing & screaming, advising us to go back & learn hog-latin—alias German—or dutch. 1865 Preston Guardian 30 Sept. 2/4 In the body of the paper is the following hog Latin motto:—‘Fratus, scriptus sanctum’. 1930 Daily Express 8 Sept. 8/6 The millions now being wasted in teaching bewildered youngsters hog Latin and piano and bad Greek. 2004 K. S. Lashley in B. C. Lust & C. Foley First Lang. Acquisition 321 The ease with which a new structure may be imposed on words is illustrated by the quickness with which children learn hog Latin. < as lemmas |
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