vernacular
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美[v?'n?kj?l?]
- adj. 本國(guó)的；地方的；用本地語(yǔ)寫(xiě)成的
- n. 本地話，方言；動(dòng)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)