1. 1n/ˈsɜːrbiən/ · /ˈsɜːbiən/Serbian language塞爾維亞語

    The South Slavic language used in Serbia, one form of ; inside Serbia it is usually written in the alphabet.

    文法不可數名詞:通常不加 a/an,也不加 -s 來表示複數。

    英文裡語言名稱不可數。所以這個意思前面不加 a,也沒有複數。像 speak Serbian、learn Serbian、in Serbian。S 一樣要大寫。它是 Serbo-Croatian(塞爾維亞─克羅埃西亞語)的一種方言,它也是這個語言在塞爾維亞人之間的標準形式,另外還有一個歷史用法,指整個 Serbo-Croatian 在塞爾維亞的說法。這是同一種話的兩種描述方式。另外,在塞爾維亞境內通常用西里爾字母書寫。

    示範例句 · Example

    She speaks Serbian at home and English at school.

    中文翻譯她在家說塞爾維亞語,在學校說英語。

    Language names in English are uncountable, so this sense takes no a and has no plural: speak Serbian, learn Serbian, in Serbian, a word of Serbian. The capital S stays. It is a dialect of Serbo-Croatian, and it is also the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian spoken by Serbs, with a historical use where the name covered Serbo-Croatian in general as spoken in Serbia. Those are different ways of describing the same speech.

    常見搭配

    • speak Serbian

      說塞爾維亞語

      to be able to use this language

      Does anyone here speak Serbian?

    • in Serbian

      用塞爾維亞語

      written or said using this language

      The letter was written in Serbian.

    • learn Serbian

      學塞爾維亞語

      to study this language

      He started to learn Serbian after he moved there.

    意思相近

    Serbo-Croatian

    用法接近

    CroatianBosnianRussian

  2. 2n/ˈsɜːrbiən/ · /ˈsɜːbiən/person from Serbia塞爾維亞人

    A person who comes from Serbia; a .

    文法可數名詞:前面可以加 a/an,要表示複數時常常加 -s。

    這個意思可數,所以前面加 a,複數是 Serbians。S 一樣大寫。這裡把 Serbian 和 Serb 當成同一件事,「塞爾維亞的居民」和「Serb」兩條也都放在這個名詞底下。日常用起來,Serbian 比較偏「從那個國家來的人」,Serb 是比較短的那個字,常用來指這個族群。兩者的界線沒有畫死。所以把它們看成互相重疊,比說成兩個不同的東西更貼近事實。

    This one is countable, so it takes a or an and has a plural, Serbians. The capital S stays. Serbian and Serb are treated as the same thing here, and both a native or inhabitant of Serbia and a Serb are listed under this noun. In ordinary use, Serbian tends to point at where someone is from and Serb is the shorter word often used for the people as a group; the line between them is not sharp, so it is fair to describe them as overlapping rather than as two separate things.

    常見搭配

    • a Serbian

      一個塞爾維亞人

      one person from Serbia

      The new coach is a Serbian.

    • Serbians and Croatians

      塞爾維亞人和克羅埃西亞人

      people from the two neighbouring countries

      Serbians and Croatians both live in the neighborhood.

    意思相近

    Serb

    用法接近

    CroatianBosnian