| 单词 | calque |
| 释义 | calque (once / 472773 pages) n A calque is a word-for-word translation from one language to another. When you take a phrase in French, for example, and translate each word literally into English, that's a calque. There are many examples in English of common phrases that are calques, translated from other languages. An "Adam's apple," for example, is a calque of the French pomme d'Adam, and "beer garden" is a calque of the German Biergarten. In both cases, the English phrases came from a direct, literal translation of the original. Another term for this is a "loan translation." In French, calque means "copy," from calquer, "to trace by rubbing." WORD FAMILYcalque USAGE EXAMPLESFor example, did you know the difference between a loanword and a calque? Slate(Mar 08, 2013) At the siege of Lamballe in Brittany, he had taken off his calque and climbed a ladder to examine the breach effected by the batteries. Motley, John Lothrop, History of the United Netherlands f...(2010) n an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language `superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch' Syn|Hyper calque formation, loan translation expression, locution, saying a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations |
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