单词 | jargon |
释义 | jar·gon (järgən) n. 1. The specialized language of a trade, profession, or similar group, especially when viewed as difficult to understand by outsiders: a crime novel that uses a lot of police jargon. 2. Nonsensical or incoherent language: "Your description will be considered as mere jargon by every man of sense" (Alexander Hamilton). 3. A hybrid language or dialect; a pidgin. Not in technical use. intr.v. jar·goned, jar·gon·ing, jar·gons To speak in or use jargon. [Middle English jargoun, from Old French jargon, probably of imitative origin.] jargon·ist, jar′gon·eer n. jar′gon·istic adj. jargon·y adj. |
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