V2EX common tongue

Common Tongue

释义 Definition

common tongue 指"通用语言"或"共同语言",即某一地区或群体中大多数人都能理解和使用的语言。也常用于比喻义,表示人们之间共同的表达方式或沟通基础。

发音 Pronunciation

/kmn t/(英式) /kmn t/(美式)

例句 Examples

They needed a common tongue to trade with each other across borders.
他们需要一种通用语言来进行跨国贸易。

In a kingdom of many peoples, the common tongue served not merely as a means of commerce, but as the thread that wove together an otherwise fragmented realm.
在一个多民族的王国里,通用语不仅仅是贸易的工具,更是将一个本已四分五裂的国度缝合在一起的纽带。

词源 Etymology

common 源自拉丁语 communis,意为"共有的、公共的";tongue 源自古英语 tunge,既指舌头这一器官,也引申为"语言"。common tongue 作为短语,自中世纪以来便被用来指代普通民众所使用的语言,与拉丁语等学术或宗教用语相对。在中世纪欧洲,拉丁语是教会和学术界的语言,而各地的 common tongue 则是百姓日常交流的本地语言。

关联词 Related Words

文学作品 Literary References

  • 在 J.R.R. 托尔金的《魔戒》(The Lord of the Rings)中,Common Tongue(又称 Westron)是中洲大陆各族人民之间交流的通用语言,是作品世界观中极为重要的设定。
  • 在乔治RR马丁的《冰与火之歌》(A Song of Ice and Fire)系列中,the Common Tongue 是维斯特洛大陆上绝大多数人使用的语言,与自由贸易城邦的各种方言形成对比。
  • 在乔叟(Geoffrey Chaucer)的时代,他选择用英语而非拉丁语写作《坎特伯雷故事集》(The Canterbury Tales),正是拥抱了 common tongue 的精神,开创了英语文学的先河。
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