亚洲网紅露点

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vernacular

[ ver-nak-yuh-ler, vuh-nak- ]

adjective

  1. (of language) native to a place ( literary ).
  2. expressed or written in the native language of a place, as literary works:

    a vernacular poem.

  3. using such a language:

    a vernacular speaker.

  4. of or relating to such a language.
  5. using plain, everyday, ordinary language.
  6. of, relating to, or characteristic of architectural vernacular.
  7. noting or pertaining to the common name for a plant or animal.
  8. Obsolete. (of a disease) endemic.


noun

  1. the native speech or language of a place.
  2. the language or vocabulary peculiar to a class or profession.
  3. a vernacular word or expression.
  4. the plain variety of language in everyday use by ordinary people.
  5. the common name of an animal or plant as distinguished from its Latin scientific name.
  6. a style of architecture exemplifying the commonest techniques, decorative features, and materials of a particular historical period, region, or group of people.
  7. any medium or mode of expression that reflects popular taste or local styles.

vernacular

/ 惫蓹藞苍忙办箩蕣濒蓹 /

noun

  1. the vernacular
    the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
  2. a local style of architecture, in which ordinary houses are built

    this architect has re-created a true English vernacular

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. relating to, using, or in the vernacular
  2. designating or relating to the common name of an animal or plant
  3. built in the local style of ordinary houses, rather than a grand architectural style
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 惫别谤藞苍补肠耻濒补谤濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 惫别谤路苍补肠顎僽路濒补谤路濒测 adverb
  • 苍辞苍顎卾别谤路苍补肠顎僽路濒补谤 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of vernacular1

First recorded in 1595鈥1605; from Latin 惫别谤苍腻肠耻濒(耻蝉), 鈥渉ousehold, domestic, native鈥 (apparently adjective use of 惫别谤苍腻肠耻濒耻蝉, diminutive of verna 鈥渟lave born in the master's household鈥; further origin uncertain) + -ar 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of vernacular1

C17: from Latin 惫别谤苍腻肠耻濒耻蝉 belonging to a household slave, from verna household slave
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With Huck and other white people, James uses a 鈥渟lave filter鈥 vernacular; apart from them, he can be his articulate self.

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This media can鈥檛 be boring or overly wonky 鈥 it must speak in popular vernaculars with style and panache.

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鈥淭he banter in the film is very regional, feels like New England to me, a place where sports are so much a part of the culture that they鈥檝e infused the vernacular.鈥

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The sheer clip at which English words rotate in and out of the vernacular has made it difficult for any statistic to accurately capture the scale of loanword creep.

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Several years ago, when climate change was beginning to emerge in the vernacular of the extreme right, Taylor鈥檚 publications began to reflect his own thoughts on the implications of the warming world.

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