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

• In the German-speaking areas, German is the lingua franca.
  在德语区内，通用的是德文与德语。
• This ensures that all agents have some form of lingua franca.
  这确保了所有代理均具有某些格式的通用语。
• English has taken its place as the world's lingua franca, but it's not pushing out other languages.
  英语已经成为世界的通用语，但它并不排挤其他语言。
• Swahili is the principal lingua franca in East africa.
  东非的主要交际语是斯瓦希里语。
• Both English and Cantonese are lingua franca.
  英语和粤语是通用语言。
• The fundamental contention of The Last Lingua Franca is that civilisation is growing more multilingual.
  《最后的通用语》一书的基本观点就是文明的发展必将呈现多种语言齐头并进的态势。
• 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。
• 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。
• A Bantu language of the Kongo used as a lingua franca in southern congo, western zaire, and Northern angola.
  刚果语刚果人讲的一种班图语，在刚果南部、扎伊尔西部和安哥拉北部用作一种通用语言。
• However you use it informally, formally, extensively, or casually UML is the lingua franca of software development.
  无你非正式地，正式地，广泛地，或偶然地使用它，UML是软件开发的混合语言。