英语词汇“dialect”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINdialect

Origin:

1500-1600 French dialecte, from Greek dialektos ‘conversation, dialect’, from dialegesthai ‘to talk to someone’

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

"Nowt" is a northern dialect word meaning "nothing".
a dialect of Arabic
At home, they speak in dialect.
He spoke a dialect of French that I found hard to understand.
In some Yorkshire dialects, people say "spice" instead of "sweets" or "candy".
In this region, the dialect sounds a lot like German.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A dialect is a form of a language, and every form of any language is a dialect of it.
But dialect features are not errors in this sense at all, but are characteristics of a pupil's native language.
But Wordsworth does not use any dialect expression, so that this difficulty need not be exaggerated.
Information was clearly presented, including the follow-up procedures, with translation into the patient's dialect when necessary.
Many of the campesinos were illiterate; some spoke only their local dialects.
Such a personal dialect or variety is usually termed an idiolect.
Warning: Viewers may have trouble understanding some characters' dialects.
You have a wonderful, happy combination of the northern dialects!

THESAURUSdifferent kinds of language► dialect

a form of a language that is spoken in one area of a country, with different words, grammar, or pronunciation from other areas: · Cantonese is only one of many Chinese dialects.· the local dialect

► accent

the way that someone pronounces words, because of where they were born or live, or their social class: · Karen has a strong New Jersey accent.· an upper class accent

► slang

very informal spoken language, used especially by people who belong to a particular group, for example young people or criminals: · Teenage slang changes all the time.· ‘Dosh’ is slang for ‘money’.

► terminology

formal the technical words or expressions that are used in a particular subject: · musical terminology· Patients are often unfamiliar with medical terminology.

► jargon

especially disapproving words and phrases used in a particular profession or subject and which are difficult for other people to understand: · The instructions were written in complicated technical jargon.· ‘Outsourcing’ is business jargon for sending work to people outside a company to do.· The letter was full of legal jargon.

Longman Language Activatorthe words used by the people in a particular country or area► language

a system of words, phrases, and grammar that is used by the people who live in a particular country: speak a language: · "What language do they speak in Brazil?" "Portuguese."· She can speak four different languages - French, German, English, and Dutch.foreign language: · Every pupil has to learn at least one foreign language.official language (=the language used by the government): · English is the island's official language, but people also speak French and Creole.speak the language (=be able to speak the language of the country you are in): · It's difficult living in a country where you don't speak the language.

► lingo

informal a foreign language: speak/know the lingo: · Travelling in Spain is much easier if you can speak the lingo.learn/pick up the lingo: · He picked up the local lingo straight away.

► dialect

a form of a language which is spoken by the people who live in one area of a country, and which has different words, grammar, or pronunciation from other forms of that language: · In this region, the dialect sounds a lot like German.· At home, they speak in dialect.Yorkshire/German/Cantonese etc dialect: · In some Yorkshire dialects, people say "spice" instead of "sweets" or "candy".dialect word: · "Nowt" is a northern dialect word meaning "nothing".dialect of: · He spoke a dialect of French that I found hard to understand.

► slang

very informal words used in a particular country or place: · I was totally confused by the slang that the other kids were using.slang for: · "Bladdered" is slang for "drunk".slang word/term/expression: · "Shepherd" was a slang term for a spy.US/British/Southern etc slang: · "Baloney" is US slang for nonsense.

► colloquial

language that is colloquial is only used in conversation, not in formal situations: · It's a useful little phrase book, full of colloquial expressions.· The best way of improving your colloquial English is by listening to native speakers.· You shouldn't use phrases like "sort of" in essays -- they're too colloquial.

WORD SETS► Languages

accented, adjectiveAfrikaans, nounAnglo-Saxon, nounArabic, nounBengali, nounbilingual, adjectiveCantonese, nounChinese, nounconversant, adjectivecreole, nounDanish, noundialect, noundictation, noundirect method, noundub, verbDutch, nounEnglish, nounEsperanto, nounFarsi, nounFlemish, nounfluent, adjectiveFrancophone, adjectiveFranglais, nounFrench, adjectiveGaelic, nounGerman, nounGermanic, adjectiveGreek, nounHebraic, adjectiveHebrew, nounHindi, nounIndo-European, adjectiveItalian, nounItalo-, prefixJapanese, nounLatin, nounLatin, adjectivelinguist, nounlinguistics, nounMandarin, nounMaori, nounmodern language, nounmonolingual, adjectivemother tongue, nounmultilingual, adjectivenative speaker, nounoral, nounpatois, nounPersian, nounPolish, adjectivePortuguese, nounRomance language, nounRomany, nounRussian, nounSanskrit, nounsecond language, nounSemitic, adjectivesign, nounsign, verbsign language, nounSinhalese, nounSpanish, nounspeak, verb-speak, suffixspeaker, nounSwedish, nountransliterate, verbTurkish, nounUrdu, nounusage, nounvernacular, nounvocabulary, nounWelsh, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► Chinese/Yorkshire etc dialect

The people up there speak a Tibetan dialect.

► local dialect

the local dialect

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► local

· The narrator uses the local dialect where necessary.· Many of the campesinos were illiterate; some spoke only their local dialects.· These latter services must, to be effective, use local languages and dialects and have a high local-interest content.· The information will be collected through collaborative teacher-pupil classroom projects on local dialect.

► new

· There is a small literature on new dialect acquisition; it must be said that not a great deal is known about it.· However, Trudgill also shows that different speakers may follow different routes towards complete acquisition of a new dialect.

► other

· As I have already said, there are other dialects too, all of which are equally effective.

► regional

· It contrasts with regional dialects in its wide intelligibility and in the official recognition accorded it.· Especially in large urban areas, a particular linguistic feature of a regional dialect might well be influenced by social factors.· The changes in the languages as seen on television reflect its higher status and the loss of regional dialects.· They scrutinize recorded songs to determine whether regional dialects exist among those of the same species.· It has been shown that there are as many as 10 major regional dialect areas.

VERB► speak

· We all speak the Yorkshire dialect here, but of course you don't understand that.· Many of the campesinos were illiterate; some spoke only their local dialects.· He just went to the pagoda until he met some one who spoke his dialect.

► use

· But Wordsworth does not use any dialect expression, so that this difficulty need not be exaggerated.· The narrator uses the local dialect where necessary.· These latter services must, to be effective, use local languages and dialects and have a high local-interest content.

单词	dialect
释义	dialectdi‧a‧lect /ˈdaɪəlekt/ ●●○ noun [countable, uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINdialect Origin: 1500-1600 French dialecte, from Greek dialektos ‘conversation, dialect’, from dialegesthai ‘to talk to someone’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES "Nowt" is a northern dialect word meaning "nothing". a dialect of Arabic At home, they speak in dialect. He spoke a dialect of French that I found hard to understand. In some Yorkshire dialects, people say "spice" instead of "sweets" or "candy". In this region, the dialect sounds a lot like German. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A dialect is a form of a language, and every form of any language is a dialect of it. But dialect features are not errors in this sense at all, but are characteristics of a pupil's native language. But Wordsworth does not use any dialect expression, so that this difficulty need not be exaggerated. Information was clearly presented, including the follow-up procedures, with translation into the patient's dialect when necessary. Many of the campesinos were illiterate; some spoke only their local dialects. Such a personal dialect or variety is usually termed an idiolect. Warning: Viewers may have trouble understanding some characters' dialects. You have a wonderful, happy combination of the northern dialects! Thesaurus THESAURUSdifferent kinds of language► dialect a form of a language that is spoken in one area of a country, with different words, grammar, or pronunciation from other areas: · Cantonese is only one of many Chinese dialects.· the local dialect ► accent the way that someone pronounces words, because of where they were born or live, or their social class: · Karen has a strong New Jersey accent.· an upper class accent ► slang very informal spoken language, used especially by people who belong to a particular group, for example young people or criminals: · Teenage slang changes all the time.· ‘Dosh’ is slang for ‘money’. ► terminology formal the technical words or expressions that are used in a particular subject: · musical terminology· Patients are often unfamiliar with medical terminology. ► jargon especially disapproving words and phrases used in a particular profession or subject and which are difficult for other people to understand: · The instructions were written in complicated technical jargon.· ‘Outsourcing’ is business jargon for sending work to people outside a company to do.· The letter was full of legal jargon. Longman Language Activatorthe words used by the people in a particular country or area► language a system of words, phrases, and grammar that is used by the people who live in a particular country: speak a language: · "What language do they speak in Brazil?" "Portuguese."· She can speak four different languages - French, German, English, and Dutch.foreign language: · Every pupil has to learn at least one foreign language.official language (=the language used by the government): · English is the island's official language, but people also speak French and Creole.speak the language (=be able to speak the language of the country you are in): · It's difficult living in a country where you don't speak the language. ► lingo informal a foreign language: speak/know the lingo: · Travelling in Spain is much easier if you can speak the lingo.learn/pick up the lingo: · He picked up the local lingo straight away. ► dialect a form of a language which is spoken by the people who live in one area of a country, and which has different words, grammar, or pronunciation from other forms of that language: · In this region, the dialect sounds a lot like German.· At home, they speak in dialect.Yorkshire/German/Cantonese etc dialect: · In some Yorkshire dialects, people say "spice" instead of "sweets" or "candy".dialect word: · "Nowt" is a northern dialect word meaning "nothing".dialect of: · He spoke a dialect of French that I found hard to understand. ► slang very informal words used in a particular country or place: · I was totally confused by the slang that the other kids were using.slang for: · "Bladdered" is slang for "drunk".slang word/term/expression: · "Shepherd" was a slang term for a spy.US/British/Southern etc slang: · "Baloney" is US slang for nonsense. ► colloquial language that is colloquial is only used in conversation, not in formal situations: · It's a useful little phrase book, full of colloquial expressions.· The best way of improving your colloquial English is by listening to native speakers.· You shouldn't use phrases like "sort of" in essays -- they're too colloquial. WORD SETS► Languages accented, adjectiveAfrikaans, nounAnglo-Saxon, nounArabic, nounBengali, nounbilingual, adjectiveCantonese, nounChinese, nounconversant, adjectivecreole, nounDanish, noundialect, noundictation, noundirect method, noundub, verbDutch, nounEnglish, nounEsperanto, nounFarsi, nounFlemish, nounfluent, adjectiveFrancophone, adjectiveFranglais, nounFrench, adjectiveGaelic, nounGerman, nounGermanic, adjectiveGreek, nounHebraic, adjectiveHebrew, nounHindi, nounIndo-European, adjectiveItalian, nounItalo-, prefixJapanese, nounLatin, nounLatin, adjectivelinguist, nounlinguistics, nounMandarin, nounMaori, nounmodern language, nounmonolingual, adjectivemother tongue, nounmultilingual, adjectivenative speaker, nounoral, nounpatois, nounPersian, nounPolish, adjectivePortuguese, nounRomance language, nounRomany, nounRussian, nounSanskrit, nounsecond language, nounSemitic, adjectivesign, nounsign, verbsign language, nounSinhalese, nounSpanish, nounspeak, verb-speak, suffixspeaker, nounSwedish, nountransliterate, verbTurkish, nounUrdu, nounusage, nounvernacular, nounvocabulary, nounWelsh, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► Chinese/Yorkshire etc dialect The people up there speak a Tibetan dialect. ► local dialect the local dialect COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► local · The narrator uses the local dialect where necessary.· Many of the campesinos were illiterate; some spoke only their local dialects.· These latter services must, to be effective, use local languages and dialects and have a high local-interest content.· The information will be collected through collaborative teacher-pupil classroom projects on local dialect. ► new · There is a small literature on new dialect acquisition; it must be said that not a great deal is known about it.· However, Trudgill also shows that different speakers may follow different routes towards complete acquisition of a new dialect. ► other · As I have already said, there are other dialects too, all of which are equally effective. ► regional · It contrasts with regional dialects in its wide intelligibility and in the official recognition accorded it.· Especially in large urban areas, a particular linguistic feature of a regional dialect might well be influenced by social factors.· The changes in the languages as seen on television reflect its higher status and the loss of regional dialects.· They scrutinize recorded songs to determine whether regional dialects exist among those of the same species.· It has been shown that there are as many as 10 major regional dialect areas. VERB► speak · We all speak the Yorkshire dialect here, but of course you don't understand that.· Many of the campesinos were illiterate; some spoke only their local dialects.· He just went to the pagoda until he met some one who spoke his dialect. ► use · But Wordsworth does not use any dialect expression, so that this difficulty need not be exaggerated.· The narrator uses the local dialect where necessary.· These latter services must, to be effective, use local languages and dialects and have a high local-interest content. a form of a language which is spoken only in one area, with words or grammar that are slightly different from other forms of the same language → accentChinese/Yorkshire etc dialect The people up there speak a Tibetan dialect. the local dialect
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