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《英语词汇学教程》（2004年版）练习答案

Chapter1

7.Choosethestandardmeaningfromthelistontherighttomatcheachoftheslang

wordsontheleft.

a.tart:loosewoman

b.bloke:fellow

c.gat:pistol

d.swell:great

e.chicken:coward

f.blue:fight

g.smoky:police

h.full:drunk

i.dame:woman

j.beaver:girl

8.Givethemodernequivalentsforthefollowingarchaicwords.

haply=perhaps

albeit=although

methinks=itseemstome

eke=also

sooth=truth

morn=morning

troth=pledge

ere=before

quoth=said

hallowed=holy

billow=wave/thesea

bade=bid

12.Categorizethefollowingborrowedwordsintodenizens,aliens,translationloans,

andsemanticloans.

Denizens:kettle,die,wall,skirt,husband

Aliens:confrere,propatria,Wunderkind,mikado,parvenu

Translationloans:chopstick,typhoon,blackhumour,longtimenosee

Semanticloans:dream

Chapter2

1.WhyshouldstudentsofEnglishlexicologystudytheIndo-EuropeanLanguage

Family?

TheIndo-EuropeanLanguageFamilyisoneofthemostimportantlanguagefamilies

intheworld.ItismadeupofmostofthelanguagesofEurope,theNearEastandIndia.

EnglishbelongstothisfamilyandtheothermembersoftheIndo-Europeanhavemore

orlessinfluenceonEnglishvocabulary.KnowledgeoftheInd