Latin
['lætɪn] or ['lætn]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) any dialect of the language of ancient Rome.
(noun.) a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin.
(noun.) an inhabitant of ancient Latium.
(adj.) of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language; 'Latin verb conjugations' .
(adj.) of or relating to the ancient region of Latium; 'Latin towns' .
(adj.) relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages; 'Latin America' .
布伦达編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language.
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.
(n.) The language of the ancient Romans.
(n.) An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin.
(n.) A member of the Roman Catholic Church.
(v. t.) To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin.
凯思琳校對
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Of the Latins, of ancient Rome, Roman.[2]. Classic, classical, in the manner of the Latins.
n. Language of ancient Rome, Latin language.
手打:罗谢尔
解釋/意思:
adj. pertaining to ancient Latium (esp. Rome) or its inhabitants also to all races claiming affinity with the Latins by language race or civilisation: written or spoken in Latin.—n. an inhabitant of ancient Latium: a member of a modern race ethnically or linguistically related to the ancient Romans or Italians: the language of ancient Rome—the foundation of the modern Romance tongues: a member of the Latin or Roman Catholic Church.—adj. Lā′tian.—n. Lat′iner one who knows Latin: (obs.) an interpreter.—v.t. Lat′inīse to give Latin forms to: to render into Latin.—ns. Lat′inism a Latin idiom; Lat′inist one skilled in Latin; Latin′ity the Latin tongue style or idiom.—Latin Church the Western Church as distinguished from the Greek or Oriental Church so named as having employed Latin as its official language: the Roman Catholic Church; Latin Empire that portion of the Byzantine Empire seized in 1204 by the Crusaders and overthrown by the Greeks in 1261; Latin kingdom the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem ruled by French or Latin kings and lasting from 1099 to 1187.—Classical Latin the Latin of the writers who flourished from about 75 B.C. to 200 A.D.; Dog Latin barbarous Latin; Late Latin the Latin written by authors between 200 and (circ.) 600 A.D.; Middle Medieval or Low Latin the Latin of the middle age between 600 and 1500 A.D.; New Modern Latin Latin as written between 1500 and the present time mostly used as a scientific medium; Thieves' Latin thieves' cant.
艾米編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of studying this language, denotes victory and distinction in your efforts to sustain your opinion on subjects of grave interest to the public welfare.
比利校對
例句/造句/用法:
- He tried to look knowing over the Latin grammar when little Rawdon showed him what part of that work he was in. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I daresay there's truth in yon Latin book on your shelves; but it's gibberish and not truth to me, unless I know the meaning o' the words. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Years later he wrote to his mother: After all, the way in which we are taught Latin and Greek does not much influence the important st ructure of our minds. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Turkish elements in Russian, Latin in English, Hamitic in Keltic, & so forth; & omitting various Indian, Melanesian & other groups. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In Britain Latin was practically wiped out by the conquering Anglo-Saxons, from among whose various dialects the root stock of English presently grew. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- There is nothing in Latin to compare with the early descriptions of India and Siberia that are to be found in Chinese. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Franklin's letters have been translated into most of the European languages and into Latin. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Later on his work became better known through the Latin translations of the Arabic edition annotated by Averroes. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The Latin tribes on the other side of the Tiber were by comparison barbaric. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Then there are Latin legends and rhymes at the bottom of each page. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The Latin priests say it was stolen away, long ago, by priests of another sect. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- You needn't be so rude, it's only a 'lapse of lingy', as Mr. Davis says, retorted Amy, finishing Jo with her Latin. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Septimius Severus was a Carthaginian, and his sister was never able to master Latin. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He frequently addressed himself to our favourite Luttrell, not being so sure of any other man's Greek and Latin. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- These envoys pressed them to come on to the Great Khan, who at that time had never seen men of the Latin peoples. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The Greeks and Latins lapsed very easily again into republics, and so did the Aryans in India. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- At one point upon the Tiber there was a ford, and here there was a trade between Latins and Etruscans. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- This absurd tale is unknown to the Latins. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The word imports what the Latins call _nanunculus_, the Italians _homunceletino_, and the English _mannikin_. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- The Latins were still a rude farming people. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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