language
lingo
speech
tongue【导航词义:语言】
language n. 语言
〔辨析〕普通用词,常指某一国家或地区的语言或文字,也可指某种类型的语言。
〔例证〕
literary/poetic language
文学/诗歌语言
legal/medical language
法律/医学术语
Chinese is my native language.
汉语是我的母语。
What languages can you speak?
你会说什么语言?
lingo n. 〈非正式〉语言
〔辨析〕尤指外语。
〔例证〕
I'd like to visit Germany, but I don't speak the lingo.
我想去德国游览,但我不会说德语。
If you live abroad, it helps to know the local lingo.
住在国外,学一点当地的语言自有好处。
speech n. 口语;演说
〔辨析〕指口语或正式的讲话,作后者解时常后接介词 on/about。
〔例证〕
Most people have a smaller vocabulary in speech than in writing.
多数人口语的词汇量比书面语少。
She gave the keynote speech.
她作了主题发言。
tongue n. 〈文〉语言;方言
〔辨析〕指某种语言或方言。
〔例证〕
French is her mother tongue.
法语是她的母语。
Those articles were written in tongues that I could not read.
那些文章是用我看不懂的方言写的。