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

• 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。
• Feng Menglong was the first editor, researcher and theorist of vernacular literature in China.
  冯梦龙是中国第一位通俗文学的编辑家、研究家与理论家。
• This new vernacular provides a framework for understanding the intentions of both companies with respect to Web service technologies.
  就Web服务技术而言，这个新的术语集为理解这两家公司的意图提供了一个框架。
• It helped the development of vernacular languages, and helped the spread and accumulation of knowledge.
  它不仅促进了本国语言的发展，也帮助了知识的传播和积累。
• Some technical language eventually becomes vernacular.
  一些技术语言最终成了日常口语。
• Paraphrase the ancient Chinese prose in vernacular language.
  把这篇古文译成白话文。
• Vernacular Chinese is the written language commonly used by modern Han people.
  指现代汉民族共同语的书面语言。
• This paper raises knotty problems concerning the translation of the History of Ming Into the vernacular Chinese.
  本文就个人翻译《明史》时遇到的一些较为棘手的问题提出来进行讨论。
• First of all, this thesis determines the concept of the vernacular landscape and the urban landscape.
  本文首先明确乡土景观与城市园林的概念。
• 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。