law of Hobson-Jobson

短语

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The process by which words or phrases borrowed between languages will be modified in their pronunciation as necessary to conform to the set of sounds used by the borrowing language.

    Tommy-axe. A corruption of tomahawk: an instance of the law of Hobson-Jobson (q.v.).

词源

Coined by Edward Ellis Morris; based on Hobson-Jobson.

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