Word · Frequency #16686
vernacular
口语;日常用语;方言
The everyday spoken language or dialect of ordinary people, as opposed to a formal, literary, or liturgical language.
指普通人日常使用的语言,区别于标准语、书面语或教会语言。
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The language of a people or a national language.
一个民族的语言或国语。
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a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
特定群体的特有语言(如盗贼之间)
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Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
日常口语或方言,包括俗语,区别于标准、文学、礼仪或科学用语。
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the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
人们的日常用语(区别于书面语言)
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Language unique to a particular group of people.
特定群体特有的语言。
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A language lacking standardization or a written form.
缺乏标准化或书面形式的语言。
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Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.
本土口语,区别于文学或礼仪语言(如教会拉丁语)。
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A style of architecture involving local building materials and styles; not imported.
一种使用当地建筑材料和风格的建筑风格;非进口的。
行话;术语;黑话;乡土建筑风格;地方建筑风格;无标准语或书面形式的语言;土语;一个民族的语言或国语。;特定群体的特有语言(如盗贼之间)
In use
The poet wrote in the vernacular so that ordinary people could understand her.
In his speech, the professor switched from formal terms to the vernacular.
The vernacular of this island has changed a lot over the past century.
Connections
Collocations
- in the vernacular
- 用本地话;用口语
- He preached in the vernacular so everyone could understand.他用本地话布道,让每个人都能听懂。
- the local vernacular
- 当地方言
- The writer uses the local vernacular to bring characters to life.作者用当地方言让人物活灵活现。
- the common vernacular
- 常用口语;大众语
- This phrase has entered the common vernacular.这个短语已进入常用口语。
- architectural vernacular
- 乡土建筑风格
- These cottages are built in the local architectural vernacular.这些村舍按当地乡土建筑风格建造。
- the technical vernacular
- 专业术语;行话
- The manual is full of technical vernacular.这本手册满是专业术语。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
口语即当地人的日常话:把 vernacular 想成“本地味儿”,街头巷尾都在说,区别于正式的书面语。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:学术写作、文学评论、建筑文化讨论 该词表示“日常用语、方言”时,通常多用于学术写作、文学评论等较正式语境;表示“地方建筑风格”时多见于建筑文化讨论。日常口语中较少直接使用这个词。
Grammar Note
通常指特定群体或地区的日常用语
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 vernacular 押韵的有 spectacular 和 oracular:重音都在 /æ/,且后面同为 /kjəlɚ/。particular 拼写相近,但重音元音是 /ɪ/,不押韵;miraculous 重音虽也是 /æ/,但结尾是 /ləs/ 而非 /lɚ/,也不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.