parent language 意思
parent language[英][ˈpɛərənt ˈlæŋɡwidʒ][美][ˈpɛrənt ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ]原始语,母语,源语;
例句:1.Most languages derive from one parent language. Mednyj aleut has two parents.
绝大多数语言只源自一种父系语言,而mednyj aleut却有两个源头.
2.A member of the people who spoke the parent language of the indo-european languages.
讲印－欧语系语言的以印－欧语言为其母语的民族的一员.
3.A systematic study revealed that many modern languages descended from a common parent language, lost to us because nothing was written down.
系统研究揭示,许多种现代语言来自同一母语,这种语言因无文字记载而失传.
4.From the late 18th century through the early 19th century, the comparative study of languages had led to the reconstruction of a hypothetical parent language to account for striking similarities among the various languages of europe and the near east.
从18世纪晚期到19世纪早期,为了解释欧洲和近东各种各样语言之间的惊人相似性,对语言的比较性研究导致假设母语的重构.
5.That's when they start babbling in their parent's language or languages.
所以他们就在这个时候开始学着他们父母的语言牙牙学语.
