問題詳情

17The English word cockroach comes from a Spanish word cucaracha. In linguistics, this is an example of _______.
(A) clipping
(B) borrowing
(C) coinage
(D) acronym

參考答案

答案:B
難度:適中0.663158
統計:A(4),B(63),C(10),D(8),E(0)

用户評論

Abo Chang】評論

(A) Clipping(縮寫) is the abbreviation of longer words shorter words such as prof for profession, ad for advertisement, and gas for gasoline. (C)word coinage(創新字) is to create new words to fit some purpose. For instance, blog is a combination of web and log(D)Acronyms(頭字語) are words derived from the initial of several words. For example, NASA for National Aeronautics and Space Organization.