试题题干
Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short.
Supply two examples to illustrate that the influx of borrowings has caused some words to change in meaning.
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试题解析
猪/猪肉、绵羊/羊肉
在古英语中,动物和它们的肉同名。随着诺曼征服并借用了相应的法语单词,英语单词只为活的动物保留,法语单词则为被杀死并带到餐桌上的动物保留。