borrowship

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Suretyship or the act of borrowing. archaic,rare
    — From some relative Cynthia managed to obtain on permanent borrowship a pair of binoculars, to lie in the stillness of night, binoculars pressed into the eyes, trying to count the stars, always talking in a whisper, the night sky a wondrous sight of beauty.

词源

A calque of Middle English borweschipe, equivalent to borrow + -ship. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Buurchskup (“suretiship”), Dutch borgschap (“suretiship”), German Low German Börgskupp, Börgschop (“suretiship”), German Bürgschaft (“suretiship”)
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