单词 | jargon |
释义 | jargon (once / 2033 pages) 1n 2n Jargon usually means the specialized language used by people in the same work or profession. Internet advertising jargon includes the terms "click throughs" and "page views." This noun can also refer to language that uses long sentences and hard words. If you say that someone's speech or writing is full of jargon, this means you don't approve of it and think it should be simplified. In Middle English, this word referred to chattering, so its origin is probably imitative: it echoes the sound of chatter or meaningless words. WORD FAMILYjargon: jargons USAGE EXAMPLESMaybe it’s the refreshing lack of jargon, either medical or spiritual. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) In his first session, when inmates were introducing themselves, an attendee claiming to be a former Marine mangled Marine Corps jargon. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) In the jargon of economics, their problems are structural, not cyclical. Washington Post(Dec 12, 2016) 1 1n specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject Hypo|Hyper doctorspeak medical jargon ecobabbleusing the technical language of ecology to make the user seem ecologically aware Eurobabblethe jargon of European community documents and regulations gobbledygookincomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists psychobabbleusing language loaded with psychological terminology technobabbletechnical jargon from computing and other high-tech subjects expressive style, style a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period 2n a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper argot, cant, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular street name slang for something (especially for an illegal drug) rhyming slangslang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component non-standard speech speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community n a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon Syn|Hyper jargoon zircon, zirconium silicate a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent |
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