urdu

[US]/ˈuədu:/
[UK]/ˈʊrdu/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 一种印度次大陆的官方语言,属于印欧语系。
Word Forms
复数urdus

Phrases & Collocations

Urdu language

乌尔都语

Urdu script

乌尔都文字

Urdu literature

乌尔都文学

Real-world Examples

Urdu is the mother tongue of only a minority of Pakistani children.

乌尔都语是巴基斯坦少数儿童的母语。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Urdu, the lingua franca of Pakistan, is necessary but less familiar.

巴基斯坦的通用语乌尔都语不可或缺,但并不为人熟知。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The Supreme Court in Pakistan has ordered the government to adopt Urdu as the main official language.

巴基斯坦最高法院命令政府将乌尔都语作为官方语言。

Source: BBC Listening September 2015 Collection

It would have been absurd not to cover a soon-to-be president because his name is naughty in Urdu.

如果仅仅是因为一位即将上任的总统的名字在乌尔都语中有下流的意味,就不加以报道的话,那也太荒谬了。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

This guy? - What, am I speaking Urdu?

这家伙?- 怎么了 难道我说的是鸟语?

Source: Supernatural Season 2

Students are also taught English as well as the local language, Urdu.

学生还学习英语以及当地语言乌尔都语。

Source: VOA Special May 2018 Collection

And you're gonna need a translator, either Urdu or Pashto.

你们还需要翻译 乌尔都语或普什图语。

Source: The Newsroom Season 2

In Pakistani Punjab the new Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government, which took power in the province last year, is to reverse the previous government's move from Urdu to English.

在巴基斯坦旁遮普省,去年上台的新巴基斯坦正义运动党政府将扭转上届政府从乌尔都语转向英语的趋势。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

It was only with aspirin and something Fay concocted for me that I was able to finish my linguistic analysis of Urdu verb forms and send the paper to the International Linguistics Bulletin.

我只有靠阿司匹林和费伊为我调制的一些东西,才能完成我对乌尔都语动词形态的语言分析,并把论文寄给《国际语言公报》发表。

Source: Flowers for Algernon

Do you know which is the second most spoken language in England? Is it: a) Polish b) Urdu or c) French I think I know this one, Rob. I'm going to say a) Polish.

你知道英国第二大语言是什么吗?是:a)波兰语b)乌尔都语c)法语罗伯,我觉得我知道答案。我选a)波兰语。

Source: 6 Minute English

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