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languagespecializeduk/ˌləʊn trænzˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌloʊn trænzˈleɪ.ʃən/a word taken from onelanguageandtranslatedin aliteralor word for word way to be used in another:
翻译借用(的外来语)The phrase "earworm" is aloantranslationfrom theGermanOhrwurm.词组“ear worm”是直接从德语“Ohrwurm”翻译借用来的。
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