vernacular
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- adj. 本国的；地方的；用本地语写成的
- n. 本地话，方言；动植物的俗名
英英释意
- 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)