language transferBrE /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ trænsfɜː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ trænsfɜːr/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (linguistics 语言学) the process of using your knowledge of your first language or another language that you know when speaking or writing a language that you are learning 语言迁移，语言介入（学习者在使用目标语时用第一语言或其他语言的知识）