vernacular

vernacular
[vəˈnakjʊlə]
noun
  1. (一般作 the vernacular)the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region
    本国语;本地话;方言
    he wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience.
    为了赢得更多的读者,他用本地话写作。
    ■[with adj. or noun modifier](informal)the terminology used by people belonging to a specified group or engaging in a specialized activity
    (非正式)行话;术语
    [mass noun]gardening vernacular.
    园艺术语。
  2. [mass noun]architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than monumental buildings
    (建筑)民间风格
    buildings in which Gothic merged into farmhouse vernacular.
    哥特式风格与农舍风格相融合的建筑。
adjective
  1. (of language) spoken as one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language
    (语言)作为母语的;本国语的;本地话的;方言的
    ■(of speech or written works) using such a language
    (话语或书面作品)用本国语的;用本地话的;用方言的
    vernacular literature.
    用本地话创作的文学。
  2. (of architecture) concerned with domestic and functional rather than monumental buildings
    (建筑)民间风格的
派生
vernacularism
noun
vernacularity
noun
vernacularize
verb
  1. (亦作-ise)
vernacularly
adverb
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from Latin vernaculus 'domestic, native' (from verna 'home-born slave') + -ar
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