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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

English ['ɪŋglɪʃ]
  1. 1. adjective 英国的
  2. 2. noun (language) 英语
  3. 3. n pl the English (people) 英国人
    an English speaker
    一个英语的人

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

English ['ɪŋglɪʃ] ['ɪŋglɪʃ]
  1. 1. adjective 英格兰的;英格兰人的;英国的英国人的;英国文化的
    Any European could join the ceremony except for the English.
    除了英国人其他国家的欧洲人可以参加这次典礼
    We stayed at a cottage in the beautiful English countryside.
    美丽英国乡间我们住在了一间小屋里。
  2. 2. adjective 英语
    I have English classes twice a week.
    一周有两节英文课。
  3. 3. noun 英语
    He speaks English very well.
    英语讲得很好
    Her son is studying English at school.
    儿子正在学校学习英语
  4. 4. noun 某时期或某地区的英语
  5. 5. noun 英语使用中的独特方式
    broken English
    不标准英语
  6. 6. noun 英语中的对应词(或语);英语译文
  7. 7. noun 英语(或英语文学课(程
  8. 8. noun [American English] [Billard] [Bowling] [有时作english]旋转运动
  9. 9. noun [Printing] 14点西文活字
  10. 10. vt. 把…译成英语
  11. 11. vt. 使(外国字等)英语化
  12. 12. vt. [American English] [Billard] [Bowling] [有时作english]使(球)旋转

Collins English-English Dictionary

English ['ɪŋglɪʃ]
  1. 1. n the official language of Britain, the US, most parts of the Commonwealth, and certain other countries. It is the native language of over 280 million people and is acquired as a second language by many more. It is an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch - See also Middle English Old English Modern English
  2. 2. n (formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 14 point
  3. 3. n an old style of black-letter typeface
  4. 4. n the usual US and Canadian term for side
  5. 5. adj [often not capital] denoting, using, or relating to the English language
  6. 6. adj relating to or characteristic of England or the English
  7. 7. vt. [tr] [Archaic] to translate or adapt into English

Examples

As you know there are two kinds of English, American English and British English.
大家都知道一共有两种英语,也就是美式英语和英式英语。
a native speaker of English, an English native speaker
以英语为母语的人
Old English merged into Middle English in the 12th century.
12世纪时,古英语并入了中世纪英语。
Received standard English is sometimes called the king's English.
被认可的标准英语有时被称为纯正英语。
English democracy had its beginning in the Magna Charta.
英国的民主起源于大宪章。
English apple and German apfel are cognate words.
英语的 apple 和德语的 apfel 是同源词(或同根词)。
English and Flemish are cognate languages.
英语和佛兰芒语是同族语言。

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