[N-COUNT 可数名词]方言；土语；地方话The vernacular is the language or dialect that is most widely spoken by ordinary people in a region or country.
[usu the N in sing]
...books or plays written in the vernacular...
用方言写就的书或戏剧
To use the vernacular of the period, Peter was square...
用那时的土话讲，彼得是个老古板。
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。
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[ADJ 形容词]（建筑）民间风格的Vernacular architecture is the style of architecture in which ordinary people's houses are built in a particular region.
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...the island's vernacular architecture.
岛上具有当地风格的建筑
...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
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ver·nacu·lar/vəˈnækjələ(r); NAmEvərˈnækjələr/noun1(usuallythe vernacular )[singular ]the language spoken in a particular area or by a particular group, especially one that is not the official or written language 方言；土语2[uncountable ]( technical 术语) a style of architectureconcerned with ordinary houses rather than large public buildings （建筑的）民间风格▶ver·nacu·laradjectivevernacularvernacularsver·nacu·lar/vəˈnækjələ(r); NAmEvərˈnækjələr/
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vernacularver‧nac‧u‧lar /vəˈnækjələ $ vərˈnækjələr/ noun [countable usually singular]
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1a form of a language that ordinary people use, especially one that is not the official languagein the vernacular Galileo wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience. He lapsed into the local vernacular (=language spoken in a particular area).2a style of building, music, art etc that is suitable for ordinary people—vernacular adjective: vernacular American speech vernacular architecture
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