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polyglot

/pol-ee-glot/US // ˈpɒl iˌglɒt //UK // (ˈpɒlɪˌɡlɒt) //

多语言者,多语言,多语种,多国语言

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.
    • : containing, composed of, or written in several languages: a polyglot Bible.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a mixture or confusion of languages.
    • : a person who speaks, writes, or reads a number of languages.
    • : a book, especially a Bible, containing the same text in several languages.

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Examples

  • Los Angeles was wonderfully exotic; a polyglot mix of Aztec, Incan, Mayan and New World scents and sounds.

  • As the elite polyglot sex workers entertained the foreign sailors they whispered sweet Soviet propaganda into their ears.

  • And in recent decades, the Valley has become ethnically polyglot and more complex.

  • One morning, he discovered the campus of a theological seminary that he now covets for a polyglot academy he dreams of starting.

  • The frightened maid ceased to scold in her polyglot way and grew coherent.

  • A sweet polyglot, but hurrying; it has the notes of many birds.

  • He calls this a humble tribute to the geniality of the English summer, and thinks that he may be termed a polyglot ablutionist.

  • At this time the cars, always polyglot, are filled with shop-hands and workers, and no English at all is heard.

  • On nearing The Bow the confusion ceased; the polyglot sounds were distinguishable only as a murmur.