形容词

1. He is a vernacular poet.
他是个方言诗人。

名词

1. There are many strange words in the vernacular of the lawyers.
律师的术语中颇有些怪字。

2. The vernaculars of these African tribes have never been written down.
这些非洲部落的土话没能被记载下来。

1. 乡土：关于乡土(vernacular)一词有多种建筑学释义. 保罗.奥利佛在世界乡土建筑百科全书中指出,乡土建筑的几个特征是:本土的(indigenous)、没有建筑师的(anonymous)、自发的(spontneous)、民间的(folk)、传统的(traditional)、乡村的(rural)等等.

1. 方言;土语;地方话
The vernacular is the language or dialect that is most widely spoken by ordinary people in a region or country.

e.g. ...books or plays written in the vernacular...
用方言写就的书或戏剧
e.g. To use the vernacular of the period, Peter was square...
用那时的土话讲，彼得是个老古板。

2. （建筑）民间风格的
Vernacular architecture is the style of architecture in which ordinary people's houses are built in a particular region.

e.g. ...the island's vernacular architecture.
岛上具有当地风格的建筑
e.g. ...the untouched vernacular buildings in superb limestone.
用上乘石灰石建造的原汁原味的民间建筑

noun

1. the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

2. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

e.g. they don't speak our lingo

Synonym: slangcantjargonlingoargotpatois