(informal, often humorous or derogatory)a foreign language or local dialect (非正式,常幽默或贬)洋文,方言,土话 they were unable to speak a word of the local lingo. 他们一句当地土话都不会讲。 ■the vocabulary or jargon of a particular subject or group of people 行话的词汇,行话,隐语
语源
mid 17th cent.: probably via Portuguese lingoa from Latin lingua 'tongue'