vernacular
英 [v?'n?kj?l?]
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)