vernaculars

英 [vəˈnækjʊləz]

美 [vərˈnækjələrz]

n.  方言; 土语; (建筑的)民间风格
vernacular的复数

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

双语例句

• There may be within a country several vernaculars.
  一个国家可能有几种地方语言。
• Some vernaculars of the Zhuang language have a verbal prefix "ta~ 3". The use of which differs from one place to another.
  动词词头ta3一般只使用于壮语某些土语，在各个土语中有不同的语法特征。