language, speech, tongue, dialect, idiom, slang

名詞 dialect:

1. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
   同義詞：idiom, accent

1. Every now and then he would lapse into the local dialect.
   他講話中時(shí)而不自覺(jué)地冒出地方方言。
2. She speaks a dialect, not the Queen's English.
   她說(shuō)一口方言，不是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語(yǔ)。
3. The dialect is spoken principally in the rural areas.
   這種方言主要在農(nóng)村地區(qū)使用。
4. Do you speak Sichuan dialect?
   你會(huì)說(shuō)四川話嗎？

di.a.lect

n.Abbr. dial.（名詞）縮寫 dial.

A regional variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary, especially a variety of speech differing from the standard literary language or speech pattern of the culture in which it exists:
地方話：語(yǔ)音、語(yǔ)法或詞匯均有區(qū)別的地區(qū)性語(yǔ)言變體，特別是存在于標(biāo)準(zhǔn)文學(xué)語(yǔ)言或文化口語(yǔ)模式的口語(yǔ)變體：
例句：
Cockney is a dialect of English.
倫敦方言是英語(yǔ)中的地區(qū)性語(yǔ)言

A variety of language that with other varieties constitutes a single language of which no single variety is standard:
方言：所有這些變體會(huì)在一起組成一種單一的語(yǔ)言，而其中任一變體均不是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的：
例句：
the dialects of Ancient Greek.
古希臘方言

The language peculiar to an occupational group or a particular social class; jargon:
某一職業(yè)（或集團(tuán)）人員的用語(yǔ)：一個(gè)專業(yè)集團(tuán)或特定的社會(huì)階級(jí)特有的語(yǔ)言；行話：
例句：
the dialect of science.
科學(xué)術(shù)語(yǔ)

The manner or style of expressing oneself in language or the arts.
語(yǔ)調(diào)：用語(yǔ)言或藝術(shù)表達(dá)自己的方式或風(fēng)格
A language considered as part of a larger family of languages or a linguistic branch:
語(yǔ)支：作為較大語(yǔ)系一部分的語(yǔ)言或者是一種語(yǔ)言分支：
例句：
Spanish and French are Romance dialects.
西班牙語(yǔ)和法語(yǔ)是拉丁語(yǔ)中的一支

來(lái)源：
French dialecte
法語(yǔ) dialecte
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin dialectus [form of speech]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) dialectus [語(yǔ)言形式]
from Greek dialektos [speech]
源自 希臘語(yǔ) dialektos [講話]
from dialegesthai [to discourse, use a dialect]
源自 dialegesthai [演說(shuō)，使用方言]
dia- [between, over] * see dia-
dia- [在…之間] *參見(jiàn) dia-
legesthai [middle voice of] legein [to speak] * see leg-
legesthai [] legein的中（動(dòng)）態(tài) [說(shuō)] *參見(jiàn) leg-

【引伸】
di.alec.tal
adj.（形容詞）
di.alec.tally
adv.（副詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>dialect,vernacular,jargon,cant,argot,lingo,patoisThese nouns denote forms of language that vary from the standard.
這些名詞表示是從標(biāo)準(zhǔn)語(yǔ)言變化來(lái)的語(yǔ)言形式。
Dialect applies to the vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation characteristic of a specific geographic area or locality. The
Dialect 適用于特殊地理區(qū)域或位置的詞匯、語(yǔ)法和語(yǔ)音特點(diǎn)。
vernacular is the everyday language spoken by a people as distinguished from the literary language.
Vernacular 是人們每天要講的不同于文學(xué)語(yǔ)言的口語(yǔ)。
Jargon is the specialized language used by a social or occupational group but not understood by the general public.
Jagon 是社會(huì)或?qū)I(yè)集團(tuán)所用的，而老百姓不懂的專業(yè)語(yǔ)言。
Cant now usually refers to the specialized vocabulary of a group or trade and is often marked by the use of stock phrases.
Cant 現(xiàn)在通常指某個(gè)集團(tuán)或貿(mào)易的專業(yè)詞匯，并常常明顯帶有股票短語(yǔ)的使用。
Argot applies especially to the language of the underworld or, by extension, to that of any specific group.
Argot 特別適用于下層社會(huì)的語(yǔ)言，或者通過(guò)引申，適用于任何特殊集團(tuán)的語(yǔ)言。
Lingo is applied, often humorously or contemptuously, to language that is unfamiliar or so specialized that it is difficult to understand.
Lingo 常常幽默和鄙視地用于不熟悉或十分專業(yè)難懂的語(yǔ)言。
Patois refers especially to a regional dialect without a literary tradition or to a creole.
Patois 尤其指沒(méi)有文學(xué)傳統(tǒng)的地區(qū)性方言或克里奧爾語(yǔ)