1640s, from Medieval Latin lingualis "of the tongue," from Latin lingua "tongue," also "speech, language," from Old Latin dingua, from PIE *dnghu- "tongue" (cognates: Old English tunge, Gothic tuggo "tongue;" see tongue). Altered in Latin probably in part by association with lingere "to lick."
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Over here, they're not even lingual.
在這, 他們甚至什么話都說(shuō)不來(lái).
來(lái)自電影對(duì)白
2. Will Zaobao's bi - lingual column continue to take on this challenge?