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”。
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”。
the spoken language和the written language分别表示“口语”“书面语”,前面均应有the。
扩展资料:
language,speech,tongue,dialect,idiom,slang这些名词均含“语言”之意。
1、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。
2、speech:特指人的口语,也指正式的讲话。
3、tongue:书面用词,指人的语言,亦指人的母语。
4、dialect:指一种语言中,某一地方所特有的语言形式,即方言。
5、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。
6、slang:指俚语。
参考资料来源:百度百科-language (英语单词)
n.
1. 语言;文字
2. 语言表达能力
3. 用以表达和交流思想的方式或手段(如符号、手势或声音等)
4. 一个国家或民族的语言、文字;语种
5. 言词;说话;措词;语言风格
6. 文体;文风
7. 专门术语;行话;黑话
8. (动物的)表意方式
9. 语言学;语言课程
10. 【计算机】电脑语言
11. (某群体的)态度和立场
12. [俚语]粗话;坏话
language ['læŋɡwidʒ]
n.
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
he uttered harsh language he recorded the spoken language of the streets
3. a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
the language of sociology
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. the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
the song uses colloquial language
以上来源于: WordNet
2011-10-19