vernacular

US [vərˈnækjələr]
UK [və(r)ˈnækjʊlə(r)]
  • n.方言；土语；（建筑的）民间风格
  • adj.(语言等)本乡的；口语的；地方(特有)的；用地方语(土话)写的
  • Web白话；本国语；本地话
Plural Form：vernaculars  

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vernacular
n.
1.
[sing]
方言；土语the language spoken in a particular area or by a particular group, especially one that is not the official or written language
2.
[u]
（建筑的）民间风格a style of architecture concerned with ordinary houses rather than large public buildings

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1.
It was that hands-on iterative process which is so much like vernacular design and folk design in traditional cultures.
这种动手操作的、反反复复的过程很像传统文化中的地方设计和民俗设计。
zhè zhǒng dòng shǒu cāo zuò de 、 fǎn fǎn fù fù de guò chéng hěn xiàng chuán tǒng wén huà zhōng de dì fang shè jì hé mín sú shè jì 。
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2.
This does not imply copying vernacular architecture, but rather that new buildings should be in keeping with it.
这并不意味着要抄袭传统建筑，而是使新建筑与之和谐。
zhè bìng bù yì wèi zhe yào chāo xí chuán tǒng jiàn zhù , ér shì shǐ xīn jiàn zhù yǔ zhī hé xié 。
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3.
Like language, it has no class nature. Our vernacular has no class nature.
大字报是没有阶级性的，等于语言没有阶级性一样。
dà zì bào shì méi yǒu jiē jí xìng de , děng yú yǔ yán méi yǒu jiē jí xìng yí yàng 。
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4.
I bet, in a couple of years, that phrases like coworking and couch surfing and time banks are going to become a part of everyday vernacular.
我打赌，在接下来一两年，像共同办公，沙发客和时间银行的术语会变成日常用语的一部分。
wǒ dǎ dǔ , zài jiē xià lái yì liǎng nián , xiàng gòng tóng bàn gōng , shā fā kè hé shí jiān yín háng de shù yǔ huì biàn chéng rì cháng yòng yǔ de yí bù fen 。
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5.
Only be a few doggerel, vernacular poetry barely know a little, and Poem for them, no less than foreign language easy.
诌几句顺口溜，白话诗还凑乎，诗词格律对他们而言并不比外文容易。
zhōu jǐ jù shùn kǒu liū , bái huà shī hái còu hū , shī cí gé lǜ duì tā men ér yán bìng bù bǐ wài wén róng yì 。
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6.
In Shanghai, the demise of the sing-song vernacular has led to calls for a rethink of China's monolithic language policies.
在上海，本地歌谣的消亡促使人们对中国单一的语言政策进行反思。
zài shàng hǎi , běn dì gē yáo de xiāo wáng cù shǐ rén men duì zhōng guó dān yī de yǔ yán zhèng cè jìn xíng fǎn sī 。
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7.
But the idea that vocal fads initiated by young women eventually make their way into the general vernacular is well established.
然而一个不争的看法是，年轻女子们挑起的口语时尚最终会进入大众语言。
rán ér yī gè bù zhēng de kàn fǎ shì , nián qīng nǚ zǐ men tiǎo qǐ de kǒu yǔ shí shàng zuì zhōng huì jìn rù dà zhòng yǔ yán 。
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8.
The Journal The New Youth was the main battlefield of the vernacular literature movement.
《新青年》是“白话文学运动”的主要阵地。
《 xīn qīng nián 》 shì " bái huà wén xué yùn dòng " de zhǔ yào zhèn dì 。
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9.
Various new types of TV works emerge in an endless stream, in which vernacular TV programs attract people's most attention.
各种新型的电视作品层出不穷，其中以土话电视节目最受人们所关注。
gè zhǒng xīn xíng de diàn shì zuò pǐn céng chū bù qióng , qí zhōng yǐ tǔ huà diàn shì jié mù zuì shòu rén men suǒ guān zhù 。
www.fabiao.net
10.
They, in their own vernacular, had to throw the ball down field. Translation: Hail Mary.
他们，以自己的行话说，必须把球扔到前场。翻译：万福马利亚。
tā men , yǐ zì jǐ de háng huà shuō , bì xū bǎ qiú rēng dào qián chǎng 。 fān yì : wàn fú mǎ lì yà 。
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