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单词 parlance
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Definition of parlance in English:

parlance

noun ˈpɑːl(ə)nsˈpɑrləns
mass noun
  • A particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest.

    dated terms that were once in common parlance
    medical parlance
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then of course we have the emergence of words like funner and funnest into common parlance.
    • They have become far too acceptable in common parlance on a regular basis.
    • By which he meant in modern parlance that Americans shared a common culture which made republican government possible.
    • Just don't get caught up in all the Washington fancy talk and parlance.
    • More crucially, who decided that these words could be used in common parlance without explanation?
    • Perhaps in ordinary parlance this is disclosure of confidential information in the interests of the bank.
    • Both are seeds, in the language of botany or natural history, but not in commerce nor in common parlance.
    • I am all for American regional cookery and the trappings of taste, custom, and parlance that go with each.
    • It is common parlance and part of our living language.
    • That win had to be shared because, in cricketing parlance, bad light stopped play at Valderrama.
    • So they formed rock bands, partied all night - became, in the local parlance, ‘slackers’.
    • What other phrases from popular TV shows can you think of that have slipped into common parlance?
    • However, hearing Irish as it is spoken makes you realise how polluted and Anglofied it has become in common parlance.
    • It is the pragmatic, common sense solution, known in cemetery parlance as ‘lift and deepen’.
    • Freudian language has seeped into common parlance like that of no other writer since Shakespeare.
    • In modern parlance this word quickly conjures up notions of government regulation and regulated industries.
    • In ordinary parlance, a conspiracy theory describes something preposterous or paranoid.
    • It is true that these are terms of public parlance, rather than of popular speech.
    • In common academic parlance, a removal from the classroom, even if with full pay, is a suspension.
    • Is there a justification for retaining the word in literature from the past, when its use would have reflected common parlance?
    Synonyms
    expression, idiomatic expression, turn of phrase, set phrase, fixed expression, phrase
    jargon, language, phraseology, idiom, -speak, talk, speech, manner of speaking, way of speaking, vocabulary, vernacular, tongue, idiolect, patter, argot, patois, cant

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting speech or debate): from Old French, from parler 'speak', from Latin parabola 'comparison' (in late Latin 'speech').

 
 

Definition of parlance in US English:

parlance

nounˈpärlənsˈpɑrləns
  • A particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest.

    dated terms that were once in common parlance
    medical parlance
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then of course we have the emergence of words like funner and funnest into common parlance.
    • It is common parlance and part of our living language.
    • By which he meant in modern parlance that Americans shared a common culture which made republican government possible.
    • It is true that these are terms of public parlance, rather than of popular speech.
    • I am all for American regional cookery and the trappings of taste, custom, and parlance that go with each.
    • So they formed rock bands, partied all night - became, in the local parlance, ‘slackers’.
    • What other phrases from popular TV shows can you think of that have slipped into common parlance?
    • Both are seeds, in the language of botany or natural history, but not in commerce nor in common parlance.
    • Freudian language has seeped into common parlance like that of no other writer since Shakespeare.
    • However, hearing Irish as it is spoken makes you realise how polluted and Anglofied it has become in common parlance.
    • More crucially, who decided that these words could be used in common parlance without explanation?
    • In ordinary parlance, a conspiracy theory describes something preposterous or paranoid.
    • In common academic parlance, a removal from the classroom, even if with full pay, is a suspension.
    • Just don't get caught up in all the Washington fancy talk and parlance.
    • Is there a justification for retaining the word in literature from the past, when its use would have reflected common parlance?
    • It is the pragmatic, common sense solution, known in cemetery parlance as ‘lift and deepen’.
    • In modern parlance this word quickly conjures up notions of government regulation and regulated industries.
    • Perhaps in ordinary parlance this is disclosure of confidential information in the interests of the bank.
    • That win had to be shared because, in cricketing parlance, bad light stopped play at Valderrama.
    • They have become far too acceptable in common parlance on a regular basis.
    Synonyms
    expression, idiomatic expression, turn of phrase, set phrase, fixed expression, phrase
    jargon, language, phraseology, idiom, -speak, talk, speech, manner of speaking, way of speaking, vocabulary, vernacular, tongue, idiolect, patter, argot, patois, cant

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting speech or debate): from Old French, from parler ‘speak’, from Latin parabola ‘comparison’ (in late Latin ‘speech’).

 
 
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