English
a.英国的;英国人的；英语的n.英语；英国人
释义2：
English
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◙ adjective1. of or relating to England or its people or language• 英格兰的；英格兰人的；英语的 (in South Africa) of or relating to white English-speaking South Africans• （南非）讲英语的南非白人的◙ noun1. [mass noun] the language of England, now widely used in many varieties throughout the world• 英语2. [as plural noun the English] the people of England• 英格兰人3. [mass noun] [N. Amer.] spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards• [北美] （尤指美式台球游戏或台球游戏中对球所做的）侧旋4. English is the principal language of Great Britain, the US, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many other countries. There are some 400 million native speakers, and it is the medium of communication for many millions more; it is the most widely used second language in the world. It belongs to the West Germanic group of Indo-European languages, though its vocabulary has been much influenced by Norman French and Latin【派生】
♦ Englishness noun【语源】
1. Old English Englisc (see Angle , -ish ). The word originally denoted the early Germanic settlers of Britain
[Angles, Saxons, and Jutes] , or their language (now called Old English)
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