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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- dialect ['daɪəlεkt]
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noun
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方言
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noun
[c/u]
方言
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- dialect ['daɪə,lεkt]
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a form of a language spoken in a particular geographical area or by members of a particular social class or occupational group, distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
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a form of a language that is considered inferior
- the farmer spoke dialect and was despised by the merchants
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(as modifier)
- a dialect word
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n
[Etymology]
C16: from Latin dialectus, from Greek dialektos speech, dialect, discourse, from dialegesthai to converse, from legein to talk, speak
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a form of a language spoken in a particular geographical area or by members of a particular social class or occupational group, distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
Examples
- English is a West Germanic dialect.
- 英语是西日耳曼语的一支。 → dialect
- dialect ballads
- 方言民谣 → dialect
- the farmer spoke dialect and was despised by the merchants → dialect
- a dialect word → dialect
- a dialect expression → expression
- 他说起话来有一点京味儿, 又有一点港味儿。
- He speaks a little Beijing dialect as well as a little Hong Kong dialect. → 港味儿
- 北方话
- northern dialect → 北方
- 她的上海话说得真地道。
- She speaks pure Shanghai dialect. → 地道
- 上海话我说不来。
- I don't speak Shanghai dialect. → 来
- 《昌黎方言志》
- A Survey of the Changli Dialect → 志
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