| 单词 | first language |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfirst language first language n. the language which a person first acquires in infancy, usually in contrast with another acquired subsequently (cf. second language n. at second adj. and n.2 Compounds 1); (also formerly) †the original language of a nation (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > native language lede-quidec1275 birth tonguea1387 mother languagea1425 mother tongue?a1425 vulgar1430 mother's languagec1443 mother's tongue1517 natural language1570 commona1616 natural1665 vernaculara1706 native1824 home language1833 first language1875 Umgangssprache1934 mameloshen1968 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 157 Walsche men and Scottes, þat beeþ nouȝt i-medled wiþ oþer naciouns, holdeþ wel nyh hir firste longage and speche. 1661 J. Wallis Let. 24 Mar. in Corr. (2003) II. 52 Children..are now to learn their First Language. 1772 C. Vallancey Ess. Antiq. Irish Lang. 5 The Pœni or Carthaginians having been originally Phœnicians, it is undeniable their first Language must have been Phœnician. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth of Lang. ii. 25 We realize better in the case of a second or ‘foreign’, than in that of a first or ‘native’ language, that the process of acquisition is a never-ending one. 1971 Guardian 23 June 7/3 Indians and Pakistanis..using a second language at school and their first language for many home activities. 2011 Guardian 21 May 41/5 Pat would walk the two-mile journey to school barefoot for most of the year and was belted for speaking his first language, Gaelic. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。