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英 [ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ] 美 [ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ]
n. 语言; 语言文字; 言语; 说话; 某种类型的言语(或语言)
牛津词典
noun
国家 of a country
语言；语言文字
the system of communication in speech and writing that is used by people of a particular country or areathe Japanese language
日语It takes a long time to learn to speak a language well.
学会说好一种语言需要花很长的时间。Italian is my first language .
意大利语是我的母语。All the children must learn a foreign language .
所有的儿童必须学一门外语。She has a good command of the Spanish language .
她精通西班牙语。a qualification in language teaching
语言教学的资格They fell in love in spite of the language barrier (= the difficulty of communicating when people speak different languages) .
尽管有语言障碍，他们还是相爱了。Why study Latin? It's a dead language (= no longer spoken by anyone) .
为什么学拉丁语？它已经不再有人说了。Is English an official language in your country?
英语在你们国家是官方语言吗？
交际 communication
言语；说话；语言
the use by humans of a system of sounds and words to communicatetheories about the origins of language
有关语言起源的理论a study of language acquisition in two-year-olds
对两岁儿童语言习得的研究
口语 / 书面语的风格 style of speaking/writing
某种类型的言语（或语言）
a particular style of speaking or writing bad/foul/strong language (= words that people may consider offensive)
脏 / 粗 / 骂人话 literary/poetic language
文学 / 诗歌语言the language of the legal profession
法律专业用语Give your instructions in everyday language.
用通俗的语言发布指令。
动作；符号；声音 movements/symbols/sound
（用动作、符号和声音来表达思想感情的）表达方式，交际方式
a way of expressing ideas and feelings using movements, symbols and soundthe language of mime
哑剧的手势语the language of dolphins/bees
海豚 / 蜜蜂的交流方式
计算机技术 computing
计算机语言
a system of symbols and rules that is used to operate a computera programming language
程序设计语言