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vernacular

/vəˈnækjələ/ /vɚˈnækjəlɚ/

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noun

方言，白话，地方话

The language of a people or a national language.

Examples :

"A vernacular of the United States is English."

美国的一种通用语言是英语。

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noun

方言，白话。

Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

Examples :

"Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere."

街头巷尾的白话和别的地方听到的很不一样。

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noun

方言，土语

Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot.

Examples :

"For those of a certain age, hiphop vernacular might just as well be a foreign language."

对于特定年龄段的人来说，嘻哈圈的“行话”简直就像外语一样。

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noun

方言，土语。

A language lacking standardization or a written form.

Examples :

"In the remote mountain village, the people speak a unique vernacular passed down through generations, with no formal grammar rules or written alphabet. "

在偏远的山村里，人们说着一种独特的方言土语，这种语言代代相传，没有正式的语法规则，也没有文字。

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noun

方言，地方语。

Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.

Examples :

"Vatican II allowed the celebration of the mass in the vernacular."

梵蒂冈第二次会议允许用当地语言（而非拉丁语）举行弥撒。

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adjective

白话，口语化的。

Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

Examples :

"The children spoke in a vernacular dialect at recess, using phrases their parents wouldn't understand. "

孩子们在课间休息时用当地方言聊天，说的都是些他们父母听不懂的口语话。

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adjective

本土的，本地的

Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous.

Examples :

"a vernacular disease"

一种本土疾病

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adjective

本地的，乡土的。

Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.

Examples :

"The house was built using vernacular architecture, featuring locally sourced stone and a design common to the village. "

这座房子采用了乡土建筑风格建造，使用了本地石材，设计也与村子里常见的房屋相似。

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adjective

本土的，本地的，民间的

Connected to a collective memory; not imported.

Examples :

"The school's student council used vernacular expressions that were familiar to everyone in the community, but not common in the textbooks. "

学校学生会的同学使用了社区里大家都懂的本地话，这些话在课本上却不常见。

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