vernacular

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  • adj. 本國(guó)的；地方的；用本地語(yǔ)寫成的
  • 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)