| 单词 | bilingual |
| 释义 | bilingual (once / 10000 pages) adjn Bilingual is an adjective that describes a person or community that speaks two languages. A bilingual woman might speak Spanish and English, and a part of town where people speak Mandarin and Polish is a bilingual neighborhood. The prefix bi- means “having two,” and the Latin word lingua means “tongue, language,” so bilingual literally means “having two tongues.” It would be a mouthful to have two physical tongues, but luckily bilingual is for language tongues: the ability to speak two languages fluently. Bilingual is also a noun, and a person can be called a bilingual, like in the African country Chad, where the official languages are French and Arabic, and where many of the citizens are bilinguals. WORD FAMILYbilingual: bilingualism, bilingually, bilinguals+/bilingualism: bilingualist/bilingualist: bilingualists/lingua: linguae, lingual, linguas/lingual: bilingual, lingually, linguals, sublingual USAGE EXAMPLESU.S.-born Latinos typically are bilingual or speak mostly English and are inclined to watch TV in English — if they watch at all. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Educators say growing interest in bilingual programs will boost already high demand for teachers trained and credentialed to teach the classes. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) A growing number of Washington students are immigrants who do not speak English at home, with Latino students the fastest-growing group of bilingual students. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj using or knowing two languages bilingual education Syn multilingual using or knowing more than one language 2n a person who speaks two languages fluently Syn|Hyper bilingualist linguist, polyglot a person who speaks more than one language |
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