English

(noun.) the discipline that studies the English language and literature.

(noun.) an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries.

(noun.) (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist.

(noun.) the people of England.

(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people; 'English history'; 'the English landed aristocracy'; 'English literature' .

(adj.) of or relating to the English language .

录入:诺顿

• Why, my dear lad, I am even now courting the Nine, and turning Aristophanes into good English verse. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Its object (in your English opinion) is anarchy and revolution. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The English and the Germans (he indignantly declared) were always reviling the Italians for their inability to cultivate the higher kinds of music. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He was a true young English gentleman. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Go muck yourself, he said in English and then, in Spanish, to the armored car driver. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• This was the India into which the French and English were thrusting during the eighteenth century. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• There was something to the English peculiarly attractive in the idea of this wave-encircled, island-enthroned city. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Perhaps more than anyone else, the Fabians are responsible for turning English socialist thought from the verbalism of the Marxian disciples to the actualities of English political life. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• V ARKWRIGHT AND THE SPINNING-JENNY 1732-1792 All the great English inventors have sprung from families of small means, and have had to work for their living. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• It is perhaps natural for a European writer writing primarily for English-reading students to overrun his subject in this way. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The English men of fashion in Paris courted her, too, to the disgust of the ladies their wives, who could not bear the parvenue. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Don't you think the English nation perfect in every respect? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The English Channel is a holy terror, all right, but it didn't affect me. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Thus far, Gurth, said he, addressing his attendant, the reputation of English chivalry hath not suffered in my hands. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• In the English coin, it exchanges for about fifteen ounces, that is, for more silver than it is worth, according to the common estimation of Europe. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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