lingua

英 [ˈlɪŋgwə]

美 [ˈlɪŋgwə]

n.  舌；语言

医学

BNC.47511 / COCA.25966

英英释义

noun

• a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
  Synonym:tongueglossaclapper

双语例句

• Today, like it or not, English is the closest thing to lingua franca around the globe.
  今天，不管你喜欢不喜欢，英语是世界上最接近共同语言的一种语言。
• There are a few differences in grammar, too. In the German-speaking areas, German is the lingua franca. The ordinary people do not speak French but understand it.
  在语法上，英式英语和美式英语也有一些区别。在德语区内，通用的是德文与德语，普通人虽不讲法语却听得懂法语。
• English is rapidly becoming the lingua franca of Asia.
  英语正迅速成为亚洲的通用语。
• It's not controversial to describe XML as the lingua franca of modern computing.
  将XML描述为现代计算技术的通用语言并不过分。
• In the 17th century, Chinese Pidgin English originated as a lingua franca for trade between British people and mostly Cantonese-speaking Chinese people.
  17世纪，洋泾浜英语作为英国人和大多数讲广东话的中国人做生意时的共通语产生了。
• English may increasingly be the lingua franca of international business, but some of its vagaries can cause confusion, as Mandarin speaker Zhan Chunxin and Italian speaker Maurizio Ferrari have discovered.
  说汉语的詹纯新和说意大利语的毛里齐奥费拉里（maurizioferrari）发现，或许英语已经日益成为国际商务中的通用语言，但其中某些变幻莫测的特点也会造成语义混淆。
• Dzongkha is the national language and lingua franca.
  Dzongkha是不丹的民族语言，是一种混合语。
• Among a large variety of languages in the world, lingua franca, pidgin and Creole are hardly known to the public.
  在世界诸多语系和语种中，混合语、洋泾浜和克里奥尔语等“边缘”语言不为大众所了解。
• So it has now become the lingua franca in the world.
  因此它已成为世界同用语言。
• XML is the lingua franca of modern computing.
  XML是现代计算的通用语言。