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单词 linguist
释义

linguist

/ˈlɪŋɡwɪst /
noun
1A person skilled in foreign languages.He was also an accomplished linguist speaking nine foreign languages including Chinese and Tibetan....
  • He was a formidable linguist, speaking 25 languages and many more dialects.
  • A skilled linguist, Marianne used her new-found freedom to become an interpreter for the British Army.
2A person who studies linguistics.Descriptive linguists try to lay out a statement of what the conditions are for particular languages....
  • He is, after all, a distinguished professor at MIT and the most renowned linguist of the 20th century.
  • Languages are becoming extinct, and many have never been studied by linguists.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin lingua 'language' + -ist.

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