dialect 音标拼音: [d'ɑɪəl
, ɛkt]
n . 土语,方言;语支
土语,方言;语支
dialect 方言
dialect n 1 :
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people ; "
the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English "; "
he has a strong German accent "; "
it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy " [
synonym : {
dialect }, {
idiom }, {
accent }]
Dialect \
Di "
a *
lect \,
n . [
F .
dialecte ,
L .
dialectus ,
fr .
Gr . ?,
fr . ?
to converse ,
discourse .
See {
Dialogue }.]
1 .
Means or mode of expressing thoughts ;
language ;
tongue ;
form of speech .
[
1913 Webster ]
This book is writ in such a dialect As may the minds of listless men affect .
Bunyan .
The universal dialect of the world . --
South .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The form of speech of a limited region or people ,
as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it ;
a variety or subdivision of a language ;
speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances ;
as ,
the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece ;
the Yorkshire dialect ;
the dialect of the learned .
[
1913 Webster ]
In the midst of this Babel of dialects there suddenly appeared a standard English language .
--
Earle .
[
1913 Webster ]
[
Charles V .]
could address his subjects from every quarter in their native dialect . --
Prescott .
Syn :
Language ;
idiom ;
tongue ;
speech ;
phraseology .
See {
Language },
and {
Idiom }.
[
1913 Webster ]
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dialect ":
Acadian ,
Anglo -
Indian ,
Brooklynese ,
Cajun ,
Canadian French ,
Cockney ,
French Canadian ,
Gullah ,
Midland ,
Midland dialect ,
New England dialect ,
Pennsylvania Dutch ,
Yankee ,
Yorkshire ,
accent ,
argot ,
brogue ,
bundle of isoglosses ,
burr ,
cant ,
choice of words ,
class dialect ,
composition ,
dialect atlas ,
dialect dictionary ,
dialectal ,
diction ,
expression ,
formulation ,
grammar ,
idiom ,
idiomatic ,
isogloss ,
jargon ,
language ,
langue ,
lingo ,
lingua ,
linguistic atlas ,
linguistic community ,
linguistic island ,
local ,
local dialect ,
localism ,
locution ,
parlance ,
parole ,
patois ,
patter ,
personal usage ,
phrase ,
phraseology ,
phrasing ,
pidgin ,
pronunciation ,
provincial ,
provincialism ,
regional ,
regional accent ,
regionalism ,
rhetoric ,
slang ,
speech ,
speech community ,
subdialect ,
talk ,
tongue ,
usage ,
use of words ,
usus loquendi ,
verbiage ,
vernacular ,
wordage ,
wording
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