单词 | lingua franca |
释义 | lingua francaWord family adjectivelinguallinguiformlinguisticlingularlingulateadverblinguallylinguisticallynounlinguistlinguisterlinguisticianlinguisticslinguistrylingulalingua francalingua Linguisticslin·gua fran·ca /ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə/ noun [countableC usually singular] SLa language used between people whose main languages are different 〔母语不同的人之间使用的〕通用语,交际语 English is the lingua franca in many countries. 英语在很多国家是通用语言。 Examples from the Corpus lingua franca• Photographic reportage, the cinema and television have produced a lingua franca of universally comprehensible pictures.• And in a country whose language has become the world's lingua franca its literary culture is its culture.• Swahili is the lingua franca of East Africa. (1600-1700) Italian “tongue of the Franks” |
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