| 单词 | second language |
| 释义 | > as lemmassecond language second language n. a language spoken in addition to one's native language; the first foreign language one learns. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > a foreign language foreign language1555 uplandish1586 Welsh1598 outlandisha1626 lingo1659 second language1875 the bat1887 target language1965 foreign1971 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. 1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind vi. 40 The second language has been really and grammatically learnt. 1943 I. A. Richards Basic Eng. & its Uses 14 The history of the nationalist movement in India is an instructive instance. Its leaders and its chief supporters are speakers of English and sometimes use it rather as their first than as their second language. 1971 Guardian 23 June 7/3 Indians and Pakistanis..using a second language at school and their first language for many home activities. < as lemmas |
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