tongue

单词辨析:

language lingo speech tongue 【导航词义:语言】
language n. 语言
〔辨析〕

普通用词,常指某一国家或地区的语言或文字,也可指某种类型的语言。

〔例证〕

literary/poetic language

文学/诗歌语言

legal/medical language

法律/医学术语

Chinese is my native language.

汉语是我的母语。

What languages can you speak?

你会说什么语言?

lingo n. [非正式]语言
〔辨析〕

尤指外语。

〔例证〕

I'd like to visit Germany, but I don't speak the lingo.

我想去德国游览,但我不会说德语。

If you live abroad, it helps to know the local lingo.

住在国外,学一点当地的语言自有好处。

speech n. 口语;演说
〔辨析〕

指口语或正式的讲话,作后者解时常后接介词 on/about。

〔例证〕

Most people have a smaller vocabulary in speech than in writing.

多数人口语的词汇量比书面语少。

She gave the keynote speech.

她作了主题发言。

tongue n. [文]语言;方言
〔辨析〕

指某种语言或方言。

〔例证〕

French is her mother tongue.

法语是她的母语。

Those articles were written in tongues that I could not read.

那些文章是用我看不懂的方言写的。

相关例句:

Douglas held his tongue, preferring not to speak out on a politically sensitive issue.

道格拉斯沉默不语,不愿谈论政治敏感问题。

Use a toothbrush on your tongue as well, and rinse your mouth frequently.

舌头也要用牙刷清洁,并且经常漱口。

Don't put out your tongue at me, you cheeky girl!

不要向我伸舌头,你这个没规矩的丫头!

The wine had loosened his tongue.

酒一下肚,他便打开了话匣。

A sarcastic remark was on the tip of her tongue.

挖苦的话到了她嘴边却没说出来。

I have his name on the tip of my tongue.

我几乎想起他的名字。