It might be a foreign word used in English. In traditional publishing, the form follows from function.

可能为了强调，或是引述，或者是在英语中使用了一个外文词，在传统印刷中，形式跟从功能。

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Go around the house and put up notes with the foreign word for objects you see everyday. Stick notes on Windows, cupboards, mirrors and anything else you see.

在房间里走一圈，把写有外语单词的便笺贴在每天都能看到的物品上——窗户、食物柜、镜子等任何你能看到的物品上。

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The foreign word "jeep" has been accepted by the people.

“吉普”这个外来词已经被人们接受了。

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There was no immediate word on the nationalities of the three foreign workers.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

Moms and dads are told, employers are educated--gay becomes not such a foreign word.

CNN: For better or worse

The result, says Mr Sakamoto, is that foreign workers send word home about the opportunities, and other good workers follow.

ECONOMIST: Japanese immigration

The Anglo-Saxon word for foreign was Waelisc and foreign territory was Waelas.

BBC: Is brand Britain losing its lustre?