vernacular
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美[v?'n?kj?l?]
- adj. 本國的;地方的;用本地語寫成的
- n. 本地話,方言;動植物的俗名
英英釋意
- 1. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves);
- "they don't speak our lingo"
- 2. the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)