koine

英 ['kɔɪniː] 美 ['kɔɪniː]

• n. 以阿提喀方言为主的希腊共通语

英英释义

Noun:

1. a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire

2. a common language used by speakers of different languages;

   "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times"
   

经典引文

• The general use of the West Saxon literary koine.

  出自： D. Whitelock

近反义词

【近义词】

• interlanguage 中间语言
• lingua franca 通用语