Latin
/ˈlætɪn/1
- mass noun the language of ancient Rome and its empire, widely used historically as a language of scholarship and administration拉丁语（古罗马及其帝国的语言, 历史上曾被广泛用作学术和官方语言）。
- Latin is a member of the Italic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. After the decline of the Roman Empire it continued to be a medium of communication among educated people throughout the Middle Ages in Europe and elsewhere, and remained the liturgical language of the Roman Catholic Church until the reforms of the second Vatican Council （1962-5）; it is still used for scientific names in biology and astronomy. The Romance languages are derived from it.
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- a native or inhabitant of a country whose language developed from Latin, especially a Latin American拉丁语系国家本地原住民（或居民）, （尤指）拉丁美洲人。
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- mass noun music of a kind originating in Latin America, characterized by dance rhythms and extensive use of indigenous percussion instruments拉丁美洲音乐（以舞蹈节奏和广泛使用本土打击乐器为其特征）。
adjective
1- of, relating to, or in the Latin language（与）拉丁语（有关）的：
Latin poetry.
拉丁语诗歌。
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- of or relating to the countries or peoples using languages, such as French and Spanish, that developed from Latin（与）拉丁语系国家（或民族, 如法语和西班牙语民族）（有关）的。
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- of, relating to, or characteristic of Latin American music or dance（与）拉美音乐或舞蹈（有关）的, 有拉美音乐或舞蹈特色的：
snapping his fingers to a Latin beat.
按照拉丁舞乐节拍劈里啪啦地捻手指。
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- of or relating to the Western or Roman Catholic Church (as historically using Latin for its rites)（与）天主教会（有关）的（因仪式中传统使用拉丁语）：
the Latin patriarch of Antioch.
土耳其安提俄克城天主教大主教。
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- historical of or relating to ancient Latium or its inhabitants〈史〉（与）古拉丁姆（有关）的; （与）古拉丁姆人（有关）的。
派生词
Latinism
nounLatinist
noun词源
from Latin Latinus 'of Latium' （see LATIUM）.