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 major cultural achievements were the development of drama and the novel and the increased use of the written vernacular.
  另外，主要的文化成就是发展的戏剧和小说，并增加使用书面白话。
• Aim To research the unique development method of vernacular dwelling of Guanzhong region for the modern society.
  目的探求关中民居从历史传统中走出富有特色的发展道路。
• Trying to build interlocutory relations between traditions and realism, so as to advance modern updating in vernacular architecture.
  试图通过图集探索在传统与现实之间建立起一种对话关系，推进乡土建筑的现代更新。
• There's a kind of colloquial clarity and confidence, quite different from the vernacular language in the Hardy poems I was just reading, which are also poems of the countryside.
  有一种口语式的清晰和自信，与哈迪诗中的地方语言十分不同，我也在阅读关于乡村的诗歌。
• JAX-RS establishes a vernacular to describe resources as represented by its programming model.
  JAX-RS建立了一种特殊的语言来描述资源，正如由其编程模型所表示的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yes, till modern history, modern vernacular Chinese is popular.
  是啊，到了近现代就是白话文了。