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- of or relating to England or its people or language英格兰的; 英格兰人的; 英语的。
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- (in South Africa) of or relating to white English-speaking South Africans（南非）讲英语的南非白人的。
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- mass noun the language of England, now widely used in many varieties throughout the world英语。
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- as plural noun the English the people of England英格兰人。
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- mass noun N. Amer. spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards〈北美〉（尤指落袋台球戏或台球戏中对球所作的）侧旋。
English is the principal language of Great Britain, the US, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many other countries. There are some 400 million native speakers, and it is the medium of communication for many millions more; it is the most widely used second language in the world. It belongs to the West Germanic group of Indo-European languages, though its vocabulary has been much influenced by Norman French and Latin.
派生词
Englishness
noun词源
Old English Englisc （see ANGLE, -ISH1 ）. The word originally denoted the early Germanic settlers of Britain （Angles, Saxons, and Jutes）, or their language （now called OLD ENGLISH）.