vernacular

英 [vəˈnækjələ(r)]

美 [vərˈnækjələr]

n.  方言; 土语; (建筑的)民间风格
adj.  白话的; 方言的; 本国语的; 本国的

复数：vernaculars　

GREIELTSTEM8

BNC.16686 / COCA.16371

牛津词典

noun

• 方言；土语
  the language spoken in a particular area or by a particular group, especially one that is not the official or written language
• （建筑的）民间风格
  a style of architecture concerned with ordinary houses rather than large public buildings

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 方言;土语;地方话
  The vernacularis the language or dialect that is most widely spoken by ordinary people in a region or country.
  1. ...books or plays written in the vernacular...
     用方言写就的书或戏剧
  2. To use the vernacular of the period, Peter was square...
     用那时的土话讲，彼得是个老古板。
  3. Most of these new sermons were recorded in literary Sanskrit rather than in vernacular language.
     这些新的布道稿本大部分是用书面梵语而不是方言记载的。
• ADJ （建筑）民间风格的
  Vernaculararchitecture is the style of architecture in which ordinary people's houses are built in a particular region.
  1. ...the island's vernacular architecture.
     岛上具有当地风格的建筑
  2. ...the untouched vernacular buildings in superb limestone.
     用上乘石灰石建造的原汁原味的民间建筑

英英释义

noun

• the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
• a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
  1. they don't speak our lingo
  Synonym:slangcantjargonlingoargotpatois

adj

• being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
  1. common parlance
  2. a vernacular term
  3. vernacular speakers
  4. the vulgar tongue of the masses
  5. the technical and vulgar names for an animal species
  Synonym:commonvulgar

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