noun🔗Share方言，白话，地方话 The language of a people or a national language."A vernacular of the United States is English."美国的一种通用语言是英语。languagenationcultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share方言，白话。 Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom."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。languagelinguisticsliteratureculturecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share方言，土语 Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot."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。languagelinguisticsculturecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share方言，土语。 A language lacking standardization or a written form."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。languagelinguisticscultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share方言，地方语。 Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin."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。languagelinguisticscommunicationcultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share白话，口语化的。 Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom."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。languagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share本土的， 本地的 Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous."a vernacular disease"一种本土疾病languagenationculturelinguisticshistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share本地的，乡土的。 Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported."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。architecturestylematerialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share本土的，本地的，民间的 Connected to a collective memory; not imported."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。culturelanguagehistorytraditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
