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tongue noun 2a language 语言ADJECTIVE | VERB + TONGUE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEmother, native 母语；本族语◆She speaks English, though her native tongue is German.她说英语，不过她的母语是德语。common 通用语；共同语foreign 外语strange 陌生的语言VERB + TONGUEspeak 说⋯语◆They were speaking a foreign tongue.他们在说外语。PREPOSITIONin a/the tongue 用⋯语言◆She could hear the men whispering in a foreign tongue.她能听到那几名男子在用外语窃窃私语。PHRASESspeak in tongues (= to speak in unknown languages, esp. at a religious ceremony) （尤指在宗教仪式上）说异语 |