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calque

/kælk/

Meanings
noun

直译，生搬硬套的翻译.

A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.

Examples :

"The word "watershed" is a calque of the German "Wasserscheide"."
“Watershed”（分水岭）这个词是德语“Wasserscheide”的直译，也就是一种生搬硬套的翻译。
language linguistics word

Related Words

Illustration skyscraper

skyscraper noun

/ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/ /ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪpɚ/

摩天大楼，高楼大厦

"The new skyscraper downtown is taller than any building in the city. "

市中心新建的摩天大楼比这个城市里的任何建筑都高。

Illustration watershed

watershed noun

/ˈwɔːtəʃɛd/ /ˈwɔtɚʃɛd/

分水岭，分水线

"The watershed between the two school districts runs along the highest peak of the mountain range. "

两个学区之间的分水岭沿着山脉最高的山峰延伸。

Illustration language

language noun

[ˈleɪŋɡwɪd͡ʒ]

语言，文字。

"Deaf and mute people communicate using languages like ASL."

失聪和失语的人使用像美国手语这样的语言进行交流。

Illustration sometimes

sometimes adjective

/ˈsʌmtaɪmz/

以前的，之前的。

"My sometimes neighbor, a retired teacher, still visits the school occasionally. "

我以前的邻居，一位退休教师，偶尔还会去学校看看。

Illustration english

english noun

/ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

旋转, 自旋

"The bowler added some english to the ball to make it hook sharply towards the pins. "

那位保龄球手给球加了侧旋，让球能急剧地向球瓶方向偏转。

Illustration semantic

semantic noun

/sɪˈmæntɪk/

表意部分，意符.

"The semantic component of the Chinese character for "tree" helps you understand its meaning, while the phonetic part indicates how to pronounce it. "

汉字“树”的表意部分能帮助你理解它的含义，而表音部分则指示它的读音。

Illustration translation

translation noun

/tɹæns-/ /tɹæn(t)sˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

翻译，译，译文。

"The translation of the Spanish instructions into English helped my grandfather understand how to assemble the furniture. "

把西班牙语说明书翻译成英语，这让我的爷爷明白了如何组装家具。

Illustration speakers

speakers noun

/ˈspiːkəz/ /ˈspikɚz/

发言者，讲话者

"At the conference, the speakers shared their knowledge about renewable energy. "

在会议上，发言者们分享了他们关于可再生能源的知识。

Illustration literally

literally adverb

/ˈlɪtəɹəli/ /ˈlɪ.ɾɚ.ə.li/

字面上，照字面意义，按字面意思。

"When I saw on the news that there would be no school tomorrow because of the snowstorm, I literally jumped for joy, and hit my head on the ceiling fan."

当我在新闻上看到明天因为暴风雪停课时，我简直高兴得字面意义上地跳了起来，结果头撞到了吊扇。

Illustration morpheme

morpheme noun

/ˈmɔː(ɹ)fiːm/

语素，词素

"The word "unbreakable" has three morphemes: "un-", "break", and "-able", each contributing to its overall meaning. "

"Unbreakable"这个词有三个语素："un-"，"break"和"-able"，每一个都对它的整体意义有所贡献。

Illustration another

another pronoun

/æˈnʌð.ə(ɹ)/ /əˈnʌð.ə(ɹ)/ /æˈnʌð.ɚ/ /əˈnʌð.ɚ/

另一个，又一个。

"There is one sterling and here is another"

这里有一个英镑，这里是另一个。

Illustration translating

translating verb

/trænzˈleɪtɪŋ/ /trænsˈleɪtɪŋ/

翻译，口译

"She is translating the English book into French so her mother can read it. "

她正在把这本英文书翻译成法语，这样她妈妈就能读了。