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- speaking two languages fluently流利地讲两种语言的:
a bilingual secretary.
能流利地说两种语言的秘书。
1.1
- (of a text or an activity) written or conducted in two languages(文本或活动)双语的, 用两种语言进行的:
bilingual dictionaries
双语词典
bilingual education.
双语教育。
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- (of a country, city, or other community) using two languages, especially officially(国家、城市或社区)使用两种语言的(尤指正式地):
the town is virtually bilingual in Dutch and German.
这个城镇实际上同时使用荷兰语和德语两种语言。
- a person fluent in two languages熟谙两种语言的人。
派生词
bilingualism
noun词源
mid 19th cent.: from Latin bilinguis, from bi- 'having two' + lingua 'tongue '+ -AL.