n.(名词)

1. 语言
2. 语言文字
3. 表达方式，表意方式
4. 语言风格
5. 言语，措词
6. 骂人的话
7. 语调
8. 计算机语言
9. 国语
10. 使用语言的能力
11. 语风，文风，文体
12. 强烈的言词
13. 专门用语，术语

v.(动词)

1. 用手势或姿势表达

n.(名词)

1. [U]语言 the system of human expression by means of word
2. [C]语言文字 a particular system of words, as used by a people or nation
3. [U]表达方式 manner of expressing oneself
4. [U]粗话,骂人话 rude or shocking words and phrases, especially four-letter words

Noun:

1. a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols;

   "he taught foreign languages"
   "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"
   "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"
   

2. (language) communication by word of mouth;

   "his speech was garbled"
   "he uttered harsh language"
   "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
   

3. the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number;

   "his compositions always started with the lyrics"
   "he wrote both words and music"
   "the song uses colloquial language"
   

4. the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication;

   "he didn't have the language to express his feelings"
   

5. the mental faculty or power of vocal communication;

   "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
   

6. a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline;

   "legal terminology"
   "biological nomenclature"
   "the language of sociology"
   

1.语言；语言文字
Alanguage is a system of communication which consists of a set of sounds and written symbols which are used by the people of a particular country or region for talking or writing.

e.g. ...the Englishlanguage...
英语
e.g. Students are expected to master a secondlanguage...
学生们要掌握一门外语。

2.言语；语言表达
language is the use of a system of communication which consists of a set of sounds or written symbols.

e.g. Students examined how children acquirelanguage...
学生们仔细研究儿童如何习得语言。
e.g. language is not art but both are forms of human behavior.
言语不是艺术，但两者都是人类的行为方式。

3.（某一领域的）全部词汇，术语
You can refer to the words used in connection with a particular subject asthe language of that subject.

e.g. ...thelanguage of business.
商业用语

4.粗话；脏话
You can refer to someone's use of rude words or swearing asbad language when you find it offensive.

e.g. Television companies tend to censor badlanguage in feature films...
电视公司往往会在审查故事片时删去其中的粗话。
e.g. There's a girl gonna be in the club, so you guys watch yourlanguage.
俱乐部里会有一位女孩，你们男的说话注意点。

5.语言风格；措辞
Thelanguage of a piece of writing or speech is the style in which it is written or spoken.

e.g. ...a booklet summarising it in plainlanguage...
以平实语言对其作出概述的小册子
e.g. The tone of hislanguage was diplomatic and polite...
他说话圆通得体、彬彬有礼。

6.交流方式，交际方式（包括可识别符号、非语言声音、动作等）
You can uselanguage to refer to various means of communication involving recognizable symbols, non-verbal sounds, or actions.

e.g. Some sign languages are very sophisticated means of communication.
有些手语可以表达非常复杂的内容。
e.g. ...the digitallanguage of computers.
计算机的数字语言

1. 语言选项：会弹出一个菜单,可以选择以传送带下载(或下载全部链接),选中即可. 如果是中文版的,其中的主要功能一目了然(许多网站上有中文版的,如果没有显示出中文,在查看菜单(View)里有个语言选项(language),选择中文即可.

2. 语种：其基本要素(字段)包括创建者(creator),资源名称(title),权限(rights),其他责任者(contributor),主题和关键词(subject),日期(data),资源类型(type),资源标识符(identifier),来源(source),语种(language)等.另一类是管理型元数据,

1. He has mastered three languages.
   他掌握了三种语言。
2. A foreign language is a weapon in the struggle of life.
   外国语是人生斗争的一种武器。
3. There are many African languages.
   有多种非洲语言。
4. He speaks the French language.
   他讲法语。
5. In his lecture, he bore down on the importance of idiomatic usage in a language.
   他在演讲中着重强调了语言中习惯用法的重要性。
6. The poems have been translated into more than ten languages.
   这些诗已被译成十几种文字。
7. The contract was formulated in difficult legal language.
   该合同是用深奥的法律术语订立的。
8. Watch your language—there are ladies present!
   你说话注意点儿,有女士在场。
9. The language this computer uses is BASIC.
   这台计算机使用的是BASIC语言。
10. Whales have a language of squeaks and clicks.
    鲸用吱吱声和咔嗒声表意。
11. This theory can only be expressed in mathematical language.
    这个理论只能用数学语言来表达。
12. She liked the poet's beautiful language.
    她喜欢那位诗人的优美的语言风格。
13. The story is told in simple and elegant language.
    这个故事的语言平易而优美。
14. He just doesn't speak my language.
    他和我所持立场不同。

bad〔foul,strong〕 language

粗话,骂人的话 rude or shocking words and phrases

speak the same language

共同的信仰或观点 have a same point of view or faith

language school-(语言学校)

A：Bonjour!
早上好。（法语）

B：What?
你说什么？

A：I said, “Bonjour!”
我说：早上好。

B：What’s wrong with you, Ted?
你怎么了，特德。

A：I’m speaking French. Don’t you know anything?
我在说法语，你不知道吗？

B：What’s wrong with speaking English?
说英语有什么不好吗?

A：Well, I just got back from mylanguage school. We have to speak French all day there. No English allowed!
哦，我刚刚从语言学校回来。在那里我们成天说法语，不准说英语。

language的翻译

B：What are you doing that for?
为什么要这样呢？

A：I’m trying to learn new skills. It makes me more qualified for a good job.
我想学一点新的技能。这可以让我更有资格胜任一个好的工作。

language的近义词

B：Good for you.
好得很。

Hearing and Writing-(听和写)

language的近义词

A：Tell me about your English class, Mary.
玛丽，给我说说你们英语课。

B：Well, yesterday the teacher wrote some sentences on the board.The first was "if you can't produce the sounds of alanguage acceptable, then you can't really hear them when other people make them".Next he worte, "if you can't hear the sounds of alanguage then you probably can't write thelanguage well.Your inadequate pronunciation contributes to making your writing substandard."
好吧，昨天老师在黑板上写了一些句子。第一句话是"对于一种语言如果你不能正确地发音，那么当别人发这些音时你实际上不可能听懂。"然后他又写道"如果你听不懂一种语言的发音，你大概也不可能很好地书写这种语言。你的不合格的发音将导致你的书写也不能令人满意。"

A：Do you think that's right?
你认为这对吗？

language什么意思

B：I don't know, Bob. I'll tell you when the course is over.
我不知道，鲍勃。等这门课结束时我会告诉你的。

Learning Vocabulary-(学习词汇)

A：I don't understand why we have to memorize conversations.We need more vocabulary, not pronunciation.
我弄不懂为什么我们一定要记住会话。我们需要的是词汇，而不是发音。

B：Don't you think memorizing conversations is a part of learning vocabulary?Every time we memorize a conversation, we're memorizing a whole series of contexts.Each context tells us one way a word can be used.I know from my ownlanguage that I can't always use words by simply looking them up in a dictionary and then putting them into sentences. Some words have many meanings. We have to know which meanings go where.
你不认为记住会话是学习词汇的一个组成部分吗？每当我们记住一句会话，我们就记住了全部的上下文。而这上下文可以供我们了解一个单词的一种用法。我从自己的语言中意识到，光靠查词典然后把这些词汇拼成句子，并不意味着会正确使用这些词。有些意识有很多解释。我们必须弄清楚在哪种情况下适用哪一种解释。

Chinese is my native language.

汉语是我的母语。

What languages can you speak?

你会说什么语言？

A dictionary is an invaluable aid in learning a new language.

在学习一种新语言时,辞典是非常有用的工具。

She reduced his theories to simple language.

她将他的理论以简单的语言文字表达出来。

Sign language is a neat way to express yourself.

手语是一种表达你自己的优雅方式。

the Japanese language

日语

It takes a long time to learn to speak a language well.

学会说好一种语言需要花很长的时间。

Italian is my first language .

意大利语是我的母语。

All the children must learn a foreign language .

所有的儿童必须学一门外语。

She has a good command of the Spanish language .

她精通西班牙语。

a qualification in language teaching

语言教学的资格

They fell in love in spite of the language barrier (= the difficulty of communicating when people speak different languages) .

尽管有语言障碍，他们还是相爱了。

Why study Latin? It's a dead language (= no longer spoken by anyone) .

为什么学拉丁语？它已经不再有人说了。

Is English an official language in your country?

英语在你们国家是官方语言吗？

theories about the origins of language

有关语言起源的理论

a study of language acquisition in two-year-olds

对两岁儿童语言习得的研究

bad'/foul'/strong language (= words that people may consider offensive)

脏 / 粗 / 骂人话

literary'/poetic language

文学 / 诗歌语言

the language of the legal profession

法律专业用语

Give your instructions in everyday language.

用通俗的语言发布指令。

the language of mime

哑剧的手势语

the language of dolphins'/bees

海豚 / 蜜蜂的交流方式

a programming language

程序设计语言

Watch your language, young man!

年轻人，注意你的言谈！

...the English language...

英语

Students are expected to master a second language...

学生们要掌握一门外语。

Students examined how children acquire language...

学生们仔细研究儿童如何习得语言。

language is not art but both are forms of human behavior.

言语不是艺术，但两者都是人类的行为方式。

...the language of business.

商业用语

Television companies tend to censor bad language in feature films...

电视公司往往会在审查故事片时删去其中的粗话。

There's a girl gonna be in the club, so you guys watch your language.

俱乐部里会有一位女孩，你们男的说话注意点。

...a booklet summarising it in plain language...

以平实语言对其作出概述的小册子

The tone of his language was diplomatic and polite...

他说话圆通得体、彬彬有礼。

Some sign languages are very sophisticated means of communication.

有些手语可以表达非常复杂的内容。

...the digital language of computers.

计算机的数字语言

n.(名词)

1. language泛指“语言”时是不可数名词,在句中可用作定语。language用来表示一个国家或民族具体的“语言文字”时,是可数名词,其前要加the。language与the连用还可表示“某种语言的全部词汇”。
2. language还作“表达方式”解,可指用各种非语言的方式来表达情感或传达信息。有时还可表示“亵渎的言语”,是不可数名词。language有时还可引申表示“观点,立场”。
3. the spoken language和the written language分别表示“口语”“书面语”,前面均应有the。

n.(名词)

language, tongue

这两个词都可指“语言”。其区别是：

1.tongue多指“国语”“母语”或“方言”;language指各种语言,还可指表示思想感情的一切非语言的符号或动作。例如:

This dictionary is specially intended for people whose native tongue is not English.这本词典是专为母语不是英语的人编写的。

Music has been called the universal language.人们称音乐为世界语言。

2.language是普通用语;而tongue多用于文学、诗歌中。

language，speech，tongue，dialect，idiom，slang

这些名词均含“语言”之意。

language普通用词，含义广。指人的语言或文字，或动物的语言。既可指口头或书面语言，也可指手势语等。

speech特指人的口语，也指正式的讲话。

tongue书面用词，指人的语言，亦指人的母语。

dialect指一种语言中，某一地方所特有的语言形式，即方言。

idiom指一种语言中一般由几个词结合成短语或句子的特殊表达方式，即惯用语、成语。也指方言。

slang指俚语。

word，vocabulary，language，term，lexicon

这些名词均有“文字，词，语言”之意。

word普通用词，指语言的最小单位的单词、字，也可指话、整句话或一段话。

vocabulary集合名词，指词汇、语汇或词汇量。

language普通用词，指国家、民族或种族内部使用，已经系统化的语言。

term指专业术语。

lexicon指某种语言、某人或某一知识领域的全部词汇。

• ☆ 13世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的langage，意为说的话，对话，语言。