英汉词典

English 基本解释

• adj. 英国人的；英国的；英文的
• n. 英语；英国人；英文；英格兰人
• vt. 把…译成英语

English 中文词源

来自Angles, 词源同angle. 来自在公元5世纪入侵英国的日耳曼盎格鲁人，因其生活在德国西北部一角状土地而得名。

English 英文词源

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English: [OE] The people and language of England take their name from the Angles, a West Germanic people who settled in Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries AD. They came originally from the Angul district of Schleswig, an area of the Jutland peninsula to the south of modern Denmark. This had a shape vaguely reminiscent of a fishhook, and so its inhabitants used their word for ‘fishhook’ (a relative of modern English angler and angling) to name it.

From earliest times the adjective English seems to have been used for all the Germanic peoples who came to Britain, including the Saxons and Jutes, as well as the Angles (at the beginning of the 8th century Bede referred to them collectively as gens anglorum ‘race of Angles’). The earliest record of its use with reference to the English language is by Alfred the Great.
=> angler, angling

English (n.1)

"the people of England; the speech of England," noun use of Old English adjective Englisc (contrasted to Denisc, Frencisce, etc.), "of or pertaining to the Angles," from Engle (plural) "the Angles," the name of one of the Germanic groups that overran the island 5c., supposedly so-called because Angul, the land they inhabited on the Jutland coast, was shaped like a fish hook (see angle (n.)). Reinforced by Anglo-French engleis. Cognates: Dutch Engelsch, German Englisch, Danish Engelsk, French Anglais (Old French Engelsche), Spanish Inglés, Italian Inglese.

Englisc was used from earliest times without distinction for all the Germanic invaders -- Angles, Saxon, Jutes (Bede's gens Anglorum) -- and applied to their group of related languages by Alfred the Great. "The name English for the language is thus older than the name England for the country" [OED]. After 1066, of the native population of England (as distinguished from Normans and French occupiers), a distinction which lasted about a generation. But as late as Robert of Gloucester's "Chronicle" (c. 1300) it also was sometimes distinguished from "Saxon" ("Þe englisse in þe norþ half, þe saxons bi souþe").

"... when Scots & others are likely to be within earshot, Britain & British should be inserted as tokens, but no more, of what is really meant" [Fowler]

In pronunciation, "En-" has become "In-," perhaps through the frequency of -ing- words and the relative rarity of -e- before -ng- in the modern language, but the older spelling has remained. Meaning "English language or literature as a subject at school" is from 1889. Old English meaning the Anglo-Saxon language before the Conquest is attested from c. 1200 in an account of the native (as opposed to Latin) month names.

English (n.2)

"spin imparted to a ball" (as in billiards), 1860, from French anglé "angled" (see angle (n.)), which is similar to Anglais "English."

English (adj.)

Old English, "belonging to the English people;" late 13c., "belonging to England," from English (n.1). The adverb Englishly (mid-15c.) is rare.

english (v.)

"to translate into English," late 14c., from English (n.1) in the language sense. Related: Englished; englishing.

English 英文释义

1. an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries

2. the people of England

3. the discipline that studies the English language and literature

4. (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist

English 双语例句

1. English has hurt me a thousand times, but I still regard it as my first love.

英语伤我千百遍，我待英语如初恋。

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2. The papers in maths and English are very testing.

数学试卷和英语试卷很难。

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3. Why are Geography, Drama, Art and English in the ascendant?

为什么地理、戏剧、艺术和英语逐渐受宠？

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4. This courtroom battle has been a poor advert for English justice.

这场法庭上的争论为英格兰的司法制度做了一次拙劣的广告。

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5. Teddy clucked his tongue like a disapproving English matron.

特迪咂了咂舌头，活像个不以为然的英国女舍监。

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English 实用场景例句

English has hurt me a thousand times, but I still regard it as my first love.

英语伤我千百遍，我待英语如初恋。

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The papers in maths and English are very testing.

数学试卷和英语试卷很难。

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Why are Geography, Drama, Art and English in the ascendant?

为什么地理、戏剧、艺术和英语逐渐受宠？

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Teddy clucked his tongue like a disapproving English matron.

特迪咂了咂舌头，活像个不以为然的英国女舍监。

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Sonia might not speak the English language well, but then who did?

索尼娅的英语也许说得不好，但谁又说得好呢？

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He uses tapes of this program to teach English.

他用这个节目的录像带教授英语。

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He spoke no English and was completely silent during the visit.

他不会说英语，参观过程中一言未发。

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Pressure appears to be mounting for conformity in how people speak English.

要求人们讲规范英语的压力似乎越来越大。

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Asked what English he knew, Mr Semko rattled off "One, two, three"

问他懂哪些英文词，塞姆科先生不假思索地回答：“一，二，三。”

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He is the finest stylist in the English language of today.

他是当今英语世界中文采最好的。

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All the signs and announcements were rendered in English and Spanish.

所有的指示标志和公告都被译成了英语和西班牙语。

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I think English men are very polite and very correct.

我认为英国人很有礼貌，举止非常得体。

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While her English was correct, it was peppered with French phrases.

她的英语语法上没错，但是里面夹杂着很多法语短语。

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He asked in his Germanic English if I was enjoying France.

他操着一口带有德国腔的英语问我在法国玩得是否愉快。

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He discoursed for several hours on French and English prose.

他花了几个小时讲述法国和英国的散文。

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