late 14c., "love of learning," from Latin philologia "love of learning, love of letters, love of study, literary culture," from Greek philologia "love of discussion, learning, and literature; studiousness," from philo- "loving" (see philo-) + logos "word, speech" (see logos).
Meaning "science of language" is first attested 1716 (philologue "linguist" is from 1590s; philologer "linguistic scholar" is from 1650s); this confusing secondary sense has not been popular in the U.S., where linguistics is preferred. Related: Philological.
雙語例句
1. Professor Smith is recognized to be one of the great scholars in English philology.
史密斯教授被公認為是了不起的英語語言學學者之一。
來自辭典例句
2. During the Qing Dynasty, philology was a mere handmaid of classical studies.
語言文字學在清代還只是經(jīng)學的附庸.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. By subjects : philology , as in mathematics, Luo Wu Xue, Zhizhi school.
所定課目有: 語文學 、 象數(shù)學 、 格物學 、 致知學.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Shao Jinhan's historical philology had been throughout all of his learning activities.