Hobson-Jobson

短语

发音

UK /ˌhɒb.sənˈdʒɒb.sən/
AU
US /ˌhɑb.sənˈdʒɑb.sən/

词形变化

Hobson-Jobsons 复数 Hobson-Jobsons

别名

hobson-jobson

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any Indian religious observance, especially the Muharram.

    可数 废旧 俚语 不可数
  2. 2.

    The assimilation of borrowed lexis, either partial or whole, to word forms of the borrowing language.

    不可数 语言学 可数
  3. 3.

    A word or phrase borrowed by one language from another and modified in pronunciation to fit the set of sounds the borrowing language typically uses.

    可数 语言学 不可数

词源

Derived from adapting the call Hassan! Hussein! (حَسَن حُسَيْن (ḥasan ḥusayn), a lament for the grandsons of the Prophet Muhammad) to Hobson and Jobson, a pair of comic figures popular in the nineteenth century. Note that the conventional derivation from "Ya Hassan! Ya Hussein!" is incorrect. Coined in the linguistic sense by Yule and Burnell in their dictionary Hobson-Jobson.

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