单词 | lingua franca |
释义 | lingua franca From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Linguisticslingua francalin‧gua fran‧ca /ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə/ noun [countable usually singular]SLa language used between people whose main languages are different English is the lingua franca in many countries.Examples from the Corpuslingua franca• Photographic reportage, the cinema and television have produced a lingua franca of universally comprehensible pictures.• And in a country whose language has become the world's lingua franca its literary culture is its culture.• Swahili is the lingua franca of East Africa.Origin lingua franca (1600-1700) Italian “tongue of the Franks” |
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