dead language

a dead language, for example Latin or Ancient Greek, is no longer used by ordinary people 死语，死语言〔现在普通人不再使用的语言，如拉丁语或古希腊语〕 → living language at living1(1)

Examples from the Corpus

dead language• Latin is a dead language.• He stared, then said her words himself, the way he'd spoken Latin as a boy. Dead language.• There are some who call Yiddish a dead language, but so was Hebrew called for two thousand years.• Also included is the artificial adoption of dead languages for nationalistic purposes.• He made the dead languages into living literature.

→ dead language at dead1(7)

单词	dead language
释义	dead language dead language a dead language, for example Latin or Ancient Greek, is no longer used by ordinary people 死语，死语言〔现在普通人不再使用的语言，如拉丁语或古希腊语〕 → living language at living1(1) Examples from the Corpus dead language• Latin is a dead language.• He stared, then said her words himself, the way he'd spoken Latin as a boy. Dead language.• There are some who call Yiddish a dead language, but so was Hebrew called for two thousand years.• Also included is the artificial adoption of dead languages for nationalistic purposes.• He made the dead languages into living literature. → dead language at dead1(7)
随便看	sth else sth excepted sth expresses itself sth fierce sth former self sth gets my vote sth going sth happens to be sth sth happens to sb sth happens to sth sth has had it sth has left the building sth has little to recommend it sth has much to recommend it sth has nothing to recommend it sth has sb name on it sth has their uses sth has uses sth has yet to do sth sth home sth in the neighbourhood of sth in the neighbourhood of £500/30% sth is a dirty word sth is a gleam in sb eye sth is a go