n. 1.方言,地方话。 2.【语言学】语支。 3.(某人的)谈吐,语调。 4.(某职业的)专业用语。 短语和例子 the Lancashire dialect 兰开夏的方言。 English is an Indo -European dialect. 英语是印欧语的一支。 the lawyer's dialect 律师用语。 dialectal adj.
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy" 同义词:idiom, accent,
The term dialect (from the ancient Greek word Δι?λεκτο? diálektos, "discourse", from δι? diá, "through" + λ?γω legō, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways, even by linguists. One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers.
例句与用法
1.
He had been studying some of the dialects . 他早已开始学习几种方言了。
2.
We work together at my indian dialects . 我们在一起做关于印度方言的工作。
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English is an indo-european dialect . 英语是印欧语的一支。
4.
She speaks a dialect , not the queen 's english . 她说一口方言,不是标准英语。
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The dialect is spoken principally in the rural areas . 该方言主要通行于农村地区。
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He can speak several dialects . 他会说好几种方言。
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Yet the dialect does not sit very comfortably on the lines . 然而用方言写总有些格格不入。
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Dialects occur in birdsong as well as in speech . 语言有各种方言,鸟类的歌唱也有各种地方调。
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His narrative is a super rendering of dialect speech and idiom . 他的叙述是方言和土语最成功的运用。
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In his hands, comic jargon and dialect became a finished literary weapon . 在他的手里,诙谐的方言,俚语成了完美的文字武器。