英语词汇“vernacular”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	vernacular
释义	ver·nac·u·lar I. \R və(r)ˈnakyələr, -R vəˈnakyələ(r\ adjective Etymology: Latin vernaculus homeborn, native (from verna homeborn slave, native) + English -ar 1. a. : using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language < vernacular speakers > < Ceylon had 336 English and 4701 vernacular schools — Origins & Purpose > < in … this vernacular poetry, the effect of Latin verse forms appears — H.O.Taylor > b. : belonging to or being a language or dialect developed in and spoken and used by the people of a particular place, region, or country in a form (as a dialect or a variety of cant, slang, jargon, or argot) considered nonstandard or substandard usually as contrasted with a literary or cultured form < his freedom from eccentricity, his gumption, to use the vernacular word — William James > < only when a language … has ceased to be vernacular, does its form become unchanging — L.H.Gray > < slang widely used by … adults in the vernacular speech of the street and country — H.D.Rinsland > < Hebrew … translated into the vernacular Aramaic — J.R.Dummelow > < the various vernacular languages of the region — Cecil Hobbs > c. : of, relating to, expressed in, or being a dialect or variety of a language normally or naturally spoken by all the speakers of a language < crudely written, in a vernacular style that is often tiring — Granville Hicks > d. : being the name of a plant or animal in the vernacular language or common native speech as distinguished from the Latin nomenclature of scientific classification < black alder and winterberry are vernacular names of Ilex verticillata > 2. : of, relating to, characteristic of, or expressed in the style of a place, period, or group < the vernacular culture of our people — L.R.Beltran > especially : of, relating to, or being the common building style of a period or place : employing the commonest or most typical architectural forms and decoration < thatch and half-timber construction … of English vernacular building — Harry Batsford & Charles Fry > • ver·nac·u·lar·ly adverb II. noun (-s) 1. : a vernacular language, expression, or mode of expression: as a. : the native language or dialect of a country, region, or person < autobiography of a Nigerian woman was dictated in the vernacular — British Book News > < the English vernacular of Ireland > b. : a language that is spoken or written naturally at a particular period : living language < read Greek and Latin as energetically as he read Italian and French and other vernaculars — Gilbert Highet > < an imported vernacular was widely current — Ruth Dean > c. : an expression or mode of expression natural to or used by a group or class < has become a part of ethnological, even … of literary vernacular — Gladys A. Reichard > < the findings of accredited biblical scholarship are translated into the vernaculars of childhood and youth — W.L.Sperry > < believed signs were the vernacular of the deaf — J.S.Long > d. : the variety of a language or an expression in this variety commonly spoken by all or a part of the users of the language as distinguished from a written, literary, or cultured variety < state the problem in simple vernacular — Anthony Leviero > < in the inelegant vernacular, “So what?” — C.R.Rogers > e. : a vernacular name of a plant or animal 2. : a style of artistic or technical and especially architectural expression employing the commonest forms, materials, and decorations of a place, period, or group < an impressive structure of white marble, expressed in a Renaissance vernacular — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < builders, masons, and thatchers developed their forms of vernacular in response to climatic conditions — Norman Wymer > Synonyms: see dialect
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