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Polyglot means speaking or using many languages. You can say a polyglot speaker or a polyglot city (adjective), and you can also call the person a polyglot (noun).
Polyglot Polyglot means speaking or using many languages意思是會說或使用很多種語言。You你 can say a polyglot speaker or a polyglot city可以說a polyglot speaker或a polyglot city (adjective)（形容詞）, and you can also call the person a polyglot也可以直接稱這個人是a polyglot (noun)（名詞）。
It is a slightly compliment; friends more often say “she speaks loads of languages.” It is not “good at English” and not “clever in general” — it is about several tongues, used in real life.
It它 is a slightly bookish compliment是個有點書卷氣的稱讚; friends more often say朋友之間更常會說 "she speaks loads of languages."「她會說好多種語言」。It它 is not "good at English" and not "clever in general"不是指「英文好」，也不是指「一般很聰明」 — it is about several tongues, used in real life它講的是好幾種語言，而且是實際生活中用得到的那種。
Though actually, there is no official number. People start reaching for the word around three, four, or five languages, and they argue about how well you must speak each one. A weekend does not make you a polyglot; living in and out of several languages does.
Though actually不過其實, there is no official number並沒有官方的數字規定。People人們 start reaching for the word around three, four, or five languages大概從三種、四種、或五種語言開始用這個字, and they argue about how well you must speak each one而且他們對每種語言要說到多好還會有爭論。A phrasebook weekend光是一個週末看一下旅遊會話手冊 does not make you a polyglot不會讓你變成polyglot; living in and out of several languages does真正過著進出好幾種語言的生活才會。
組成poly- “many” + -glot “tongue, language,” from Greek.
同家族的字
- glossaryshares the old Greek root for “tongue / language”
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
polyglotnoun/ˈpɒlɪɡlɒt/
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A publication in several languages; specifically, a book (especially a bible) containing several versions of the same subject matter or text in several languages.
- [T]hose coming to the warehouses' doors fired them, and burned all the books and the pillars of the church, […] A great want thereof there will be of books, specially Latin books and foreign books; and, among others, the Polyglottes and new Bible, which he believes will be presently worth £40 a-piece.
- But ſince that period the biblical apparatus has been much enriched by the publication of polyglots; […]
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One who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages.
- Laſtly, a polyg[l]ot or good linguiſt may alſo be term'd a uſefull learned man, ſpecially if vers'd in School-languages.
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A mixture of languages or nomenclatures.
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computingengineeringmathematicsA file that can be interpreted validly as multiple formats.
- If you are interested in polyglot file formats, take a look at the polyglot web page in the Corkami wiki. There are various example polyglots, including a PDF file that is also a valid HTML file with JavaScript, as well as a valid Windows PE executable.
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computingengineeringmathematicsA program written to be valid in multiple programming languages.
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obsoleteA bird able to imitate the sounds of other birds.
polyglotadj/ˈpɒlɪɡlɒt/
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Of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages; multilingual.
- '[T]is thought the two and twenty Languages which Mythrydates the great Polyglot King of Pontus did ſpeak, wer all within the circumference of Anatolia in regard his dominions extended but a little further: […]
- For this flyaway son of a Phœnician did not seem to wait for the decision of the polyglot Judges of the Emigration Board.
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Containing, or made up of, several languages; specifically, of a book (especially a bible): having text translated into several languages.
- a polyglot bible a polyglot lexicon
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Comprising various (native) linguistic groups; multilingual.
- A polyglot region without a clearly dominant culture may develop an artificial lingua franca, such as Pidgin English in the South Sea.
- Even in Switzerland, one of the most polyglot of nations, no more than 10 percent of the people are capable of writing a simple letter in English.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。