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vernacular n.【C】本地话；方言 (1) 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。(2) 这些非洲部落的土话没能被记载下来。(3) 他说的是一种无法听得懂的方言。 You know how some language is fancy and formal? Vernacular is different: think of it as how friends talk when no one is listening. Vernacular language includes slang and obscenities. One of the hardest things about writing for school is getting away from the vernacular and learning to write in more formal ways that don't come as naturally. You can also say specific groups have a vernacular, meaning the unique way people in a certain region or profession speak.

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英 [və'nækjələ(r)] 美 [vər'nækjələr] (1) In some churches, they speak Latin, but in others they use the vernacular.(2) The vernaculars of these African tribes have never been written down.(3) He speaks an incomprehensible vernacular. Vernacular describes everyday language, including slang, that's used by the people. The vernacular is different from literary or official language: it's the way people really talk with each other, like how families talk at home. 1[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。2[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.   [ADJ n]  [FORMAL 正式]...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

英语单词	vernacular
英美音标	英 [və'nækjələ(r)] 美 [vər'nækjələr]
中文释义	n.【C】本地话；方言
英语例句	(1) In some churches, they speak Latin, but in others they use the vernacular. (2) The vernaculars of these African tribes have never been written down. (3) He speaks an incomprehensible vernacular.
中文例句	(1) 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。 (2) 这些非洲部落的土话没能被记载下来。 (3) 他说的是一种无法听得懂的方言。
vocabulary简明	Vernacular describes everyday language, including slang, that's used by the people. The vernacular is different from literary or official language: it's the way people really talk with each other, like how families talk at home.
vocabulary扩展	You know how some language is fancy and formal? Vernacular is different: think of it as how friends talk when no one is listening. Vernacular language includes slang and obscenities. One of the hardest things about writing for school is getting away from the vernacular and learning to write in more formal ways that don't come as naturally. You can also say specific groups have a vernacular, meaning the unique way people in a certain region or profession speak.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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. [ADJ n] [FORMAL 正式] ...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

Vernacular People Talk Language Written Literary Region Ordinary