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

双语例句

• This does not imply copying vernacular architecture, but rather that new buildings should be in keeping with it.
  这并不意味着要抄袭传统建筑，而是使新建筑与之和谐。
• In some churches, they speak latin, but in others they use the vernacular.
  在一些教堂中，人们讲拉丁语，但在其他一些教堂中，人们使用本地话。
• A dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken as a vernacular by European jews.
  德语的一种方言包括一些希伯来语和其它单词；被欧洲犹太人用做一种方言。
• Laude are the most important form of vernacular sacred song in Italy in the late medieval era and Renaissance.
  意大利中世纪晚期和文艺复兴时期以本国语言唱诵的圣歌。
• More and more computer terms are now entering the vernacular.
  越来越多的计算机术语进入了日常用语中。
• Some technical language eventually becomes vernacular.
  一些技术语言最终成了日常口语。
• The styles of modern verse rely heavily on the auditory and visual impacts and shocks of vernacular language.
  新诗的体式很大程度上依赖于白话语言的听觉与视觉的冲击和震撼。
• The flourishing of vernacular novels increased the proportion of the vernacular in the written language and furthered the development of the modern Chinese language.
  白话小说的繁荣，扩大了白话在书面语中的比例，反过来又推动了近代汉语的进一步发展。
• 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。
• Tradition identifies materials by vernacular names and descriptions.
  传统方法以方言名称和描述的方式来辨认原材料。