folk-etymology

英文词源

folk-etymology (n.)

1890; see folk (n.) + etymology.

By Folk-etymology is meant the influence exercised upon words, both as to their form and meaning, by the popular use and misuse of them. In a special sense, it is intended to denote the corruption which words undergo, owing either to false ideas about their derivation, or to a mistaken analogy with other words to which they are supposed to be related. [The Rev. A. Smythe Palmer, "Folk-Etymology," 1890]

双语例句

1. The word "volk" translates literally as "folk"

volk这个单词直译过来为folk（人们）。

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2. The folk-song world was another of his abiding interests.

民歌是他的另一个始终不渝的爱好。

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3. Jack was a folk hero in the Greenwich Village bars.

在格林尼治村的酒吧里杰克是人们心目中的英雄。

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4. A military band played Russian marches and folk tunes.

一支军乐队演奏了俄罗斯的进行曲与民乐。

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5. I don't know what those folk think they are playing at.

真不知道那些家伙在搞什么鬼。

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