| 单词 | language |
| 释义 | languagelanguageslanguagelanguage /ˈlæŋgwɪdʒ/ noun1[countable] the words that people use to speak or write to each other: Do you speak any foreign languages?language你会说外语吗？2[uncountable] the use of written or spoken words to communicate: a new theory about the origins of languageorigin有关语言起源的新理论3[uncountable] the kind of words that a person uses, or that are used when talking or writing about a particular subjectlanguage ofthe language of business商业用语He never used bad language (=rude words).use他从不说粗话。legal/medical/scientific etc language4[uncountable and countable] a system of instructions used in computer programs5[uncountable and countable] any system of signs, movements, or sounds that are used to express meanings or feelings: the language of music音乐语言 ➔ body language, sign languageCOLLOCATIONS: languageverbsto speak a languageShe speaks several languages.speaklanguageto talk/speak in a languageWhat language were they talking in?betalkto use a languageThey use two languages at home.languageto learn a languageI’d like to learn another language.to know a languageHe had lived in Japan, but did not know the language.havelivedoto study a languageShe went to Korea to study its language and culture.goadjectivesa foreign languageThe men were talking in a foreign language.manbetalkthe English/Japanese/Spanish etc languageHe spent years studying the Russian language.spendyearstudysb’s first/native language (=the language someone first learned as a child)His first language was Spanish.bea second language (=a language you speak that is not your first language)Most of the students learn English as a second language.studentthe official language (=the language used in politics, the law etc)The official language of Ghana is English.bemodern languages (=languages that are spoken now)She has a degree in modern languages.havelanguagea dead language (=a language that is no longer spoken)dead languages such as Latinlanguagelanguage + nouna language student/learnerLanguage learners need to know how to use these phrases.learnerphrasea language teachera book for language teachersteacherthe language barrier (=the problem of communicating with someone when you do not speak the same language)Because of the language barrier, it was hard for doctors to give good advice to patients.bedoctorpatientTHESAURUS: languagedialect a form of a language that is spoken in one part of a country: Mandarin and Cantonese are two of the Chinese dialects.bedialectaccent the way that someone pronounces words, because of where they were born or live, or because of their social class: She has a strong New Jersey accent.haveslang very informal spoken language, used especially by people who belong to a particular group, for example young people: ‘Fierce’ is slang for ‘good’.beterminology the technical words that are used in a subject: Patients are often unfamiliar with medical terminology.patientbejargon especially disapproving words and phrases used by people in the same profession that are difficult for other people to understand: The instructions were written in complicated technical jargon.instructionbewritecomplicate |
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