vernacular

英 [vəˈnækjələ(r)]

美 [vərˈnækjələr]

n.  方言; 土语; (建筑的)民间风格
adj.  白话的; 方言的; 本国语的; 本国的

复数：vernaculars　

GREIELTSTEM8

BNC.16686 / COCA.16371

牛津词典

noun

• 方言；土语
  the language spoken in a particular area or by a particular group, especially one that is not the official or written language
• （建筑的）民间风格
  a style of architecture concerned with ordinary houses rather than large public buildings

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 方言;土语;地方话
  The vernacularis the language or dialect that is most widely spoken by ordinary people in a region or country.
  1. ...books or plays written in the vernacular...
     用方言写就的书或戏剧
  2. To use the vernacular of the period, Peter was square...
     用那时的土话讲，彼得是个老古板。
  3. Most of these new sermons were recorded in literary Sanskrit rather than in vernacular language.
     这些新的布道稿本大部分是用书面梵语而不是方言记载的。
• ADJ （建筑）民间风格的
  Vernaculararchitecture is the style of architecture in which ordinary people's houses are built in a particular region.
  1. ...the island's vernacular architecture.
     岛上具有当地风格的建筑
  2. ...the untouched vernacular buildings in superb limestone.
     用上乘石灰石建造的原汁原味的民间建筑

英英释义

noun

• the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
• a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
  1. they don't speak our lingo
  Synonym:slangcantjargonlingoargotpatois

adj

• being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
  1. common parlance
  2. a vernacular term
  3. vernacular speakers
  4. the vulgar tongue of the masses
  5. the technical and vulgar names for an animal species
  Synonym:commonvulgar

双语例句

• First of all, this thesis determines the concept of the vernacular landscape and the urban landscape.
  本文首先明确乡土景观与城市园林的概念。
• The traditional Chinese vernacular architecture is an epitome of Chinese traditional culture.
  中国传统民居建筑可谓中国传统文化的缩影。
• The major cultural achievements were the development of drama and the novel and the increased use of the written vernacular.
  另外，主要的文化成就是发展的戏剧和小说，并增加使用书面白话。
• This paper raises knotty problems concerning the translation of the History of Ming Into the vernacular Chinese.
  本文就个人翻译《明史》时遇到的一些较为棘手的问题提出来进行讨论。
• It helped the development of vernacular languages, and helped the spread and accumulation of knowledge.
  它不仅促进了本国语言的发展，也帮助了知识的传播和积累。
• On the Business and Merchants of the Vernacular Short Stories in the Middle and Late Ming Dynasty
  明代中后期白话短篇小说中的商业和商人研究
• Yes, till modern history, modern vernacular Chinese is popular.
  是啊，到了近现代就是白话文了。
• Unfortunately, the don 't-mode-me-in principle has become an unquestioned part of our design vernacular.
  不幸的是，不要让我陷入模态的原则已成为我们设计术语中无可争议的一部分。
• Trying to build interlocutory relations between traditions and realism, so as to advance modern updating in vernacular architecture.
  试图通过图集探索在传统与现实之间建立起一种对话关系，推进乡土建筑的现代更新。
• In some churches, they speak latin, but in others they use the vernacular.
  在一些教堂中，人们讲拉丁语，但在其他一些教堂中，人们使用本地话。