Philologists puzzle over the origins of Basque in the way that geologists puzzle over the deep structure of faults.正如地质学家对断层的深层结构感到窘惑一样, 历史语言学家也对巴斯克语的来源迷惑不解。

He is a philologist, specialising in American poetry.他是一位文献学家, 专门研究美国诗歌。