vernacular
vernacular 英 [vəˈnækjələ(r)] 美 [vərˈnækjələ(r)]
adj. 本国的；地方的；用本地语写成的 n. 本地话，方言；动植物的俗名
名词复数:vernaculars
- Vernacular describes everyday language, including slang, that's used by the people. The vernacular is different from literary or official language: it's the way people really talk with each other, like how families talk at home.
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- adj. 本国的；地方的；用本地语写成的
- n. 本地话，方言；动植物的俗名
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1. Our mission since 1942 has been to broadcast in the vernacular – currently in 60 languages, into countries that have limited freedom of the press, or none at all.
自1942年创办以来，我们的使命是用各地的本地语言(目前用60种语言)向新闻自由程度有限或毫无新闻自由的国家广播。
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2. I started Riddley Walker in straight English but my characters wouldn't wear it, they insisted on breaking up long words and imposing their own grammar, syntax and pronunciation on their vernacular.
开始写《漫步者瑞德里》时，我采用简练的英语；但人物不买账，他们坚持时不时蹦出长长的词汇，用他们自己方言的语法、句法和发音。
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3. We often can't (at least not easily) adjust other features to accommodate the new features, and certain programming idioms are already in the language's vernacular.
我们常常无法（至少不容易）调整其他功能来适应新功能，而且某些编程语言风格已存在于该语言的方言中。
- vernacular (adj.) c. 1600, "native to a country," from Latin vernaculus "domestic, native, indigenous; pertaining to home-born slaves," from verna "home-born slave, native," a word of Etruscan origin. Used in English in the sense of Latin vernacula vocabula, in reference to language. As a noun, "native speech or language of a place," from 1706.
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