| 释义 |
lingua /ˈlɪŋgwə/
●a ˌlingua ˈfranca (from Italian) a shared language that is used for communication by people whose main languages are different （母语不同的人共用的）通用语◆In the middle of the 20th century, English became the lingua franca of the world.
在 20 世纪中期，英语已经成为全世界的通用语。◆The majority of our group being South American, we used Spanish as a lingua franca.
我们这个团体中的大多数都来自南美洲，所以西班牙语成了我们的通用语。 |