| 释义 |
calque
\ˈkalk, -ä-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, literally, copy, from calquer to trace, from Italian calcare to trace, trample, from Latin, to trample — more at caulk
1. : a linguistic borrowing that consists of the imitation in one language of some part of the peculiar range of meaning of a particular word in another language
< English foot meaning a metrical unit is a calque from Latin pes >
2. : loan translation |