dialect
dialect 英 [ˈdaɪəlekt] 美 [ˈdaɪəˌlɛkt]
n. 方言，土话；同源语；行话；个人用语特征 adj. 方言的
名词复数:dialects
- If the language you speak in your region is different in vocabulary, grammar and accent than the main form of the language, you speak a dialect. If your cousin in rural Arkansas can't understand your jokes, blame it on differences in dialect.
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- n. 方言，土话；同源语；行话；个人用语特征
- adj. 方言的
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1. Is it a dialect?
它是一种方言吗？
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2. Cockney is the colourful dialect spoken in the East End of London.
伦敦方言是在伦敦东区讲的颇有特色的地方语。
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3. T：In some way, I agree with you that Singlish is like a dialect because we tend to mix our spoken English with some other languages.
T：在某种程度上，我同意你说的新加坡英语像一种方言，因为我们趋向于把我们所说的英语和一些其他语言混合起来。
- dialect (n.) 1570s, "form of speech of a region or group," from Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectus "local language, way of speaking, conversation," from Greek dialektos "talk, conversation, speech;" also "the language of a country, dialect," from dialegesthai "converse with each other," from dia- "across, between" (see dia-) + legein "speak," from PIE root *leg- (1) "to collect, gather," with derivatives meaning "to speak (to 'pick out words')."
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