| 单词 | dialect |
| 释义 | dialect /duy"euh lekt'/, n. 1. Ling. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially. 2. a provincial, rural, or socially distinct variety of a language that differs from the standard language, esp. when considered as substandard. 3. a special variety of a language: The literary dialect is usually taken as the standard language. 4. a language considered as one of a group that have a common ancestor: Persian, Latin, and English are Indo-European dialects. 5. jargon or cant. [1545-55; < L dialectus < Gk diálektos discourse, language, dialect, equiv. to dialég(esthai) to converse (dia- DIA- + légein to speak) + -tos v. adj. suffix] Syn. 2. idiom, patois. See language. |
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