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问题:

Loanshift [武汉大学2007研]

答案:

Loanshift is a process in which the meaning is borrowed, but the form is native. For example, bridge is an English word,but when it refers to a type of card game,the meaning was borrowed from the Italian ponte. The English word artificial satellite is also a case of loanshift to counteract the Russian sputnik.