| 单词 | oriental language |
| 释义 | > as lemmasOriental language Oriental language n. [compare French langues orientales (1610–30)] (in plural) those languages spoken in Oriental countries. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [noun] orientals1672 Oriental language1822 Sino-Tibetan1931 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. vii. 73 As for the..Orientall languages, he rather makes sallies and incursions into them, then any solemn sitting down before them. 1738 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 166/2 Rev. Mr. Hunt, Chaplain to the E. of Macclesfield, and a perfect Master of the Oriental languages. 1822 M. Edgeworth Let. 23 Jan. (1971) 334 We have just walked to see Hertford College... There are eight professors—two for classical literature—three Oriental languages, [etc.]. 1998 Amer. Hist. Rev. 103 37 With five European languages accepted as official, and papers presented in ‘oriental’ languages as well, the congress was also a ‘tower of Babel.’ < as lemmas |
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