dialect
英 [ˈdaɪəlekt] 美 [ˈdaɪəˌlɛkt]

n.

方言，土语；语调；[语]语支；专业用语

变形

复数：dialects

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C][U]方言,土语 a variety of a language, spoken in one part of a country

英英释义

dialect[ 'daiəlekt ]

• n.the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

  "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

  同义词：idiomaccent

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• speak (in) dialect讲方言
• write in dialect用方言写作

形容词+～

• local dialect当地方言
• regional dialect方言,地区方言
• social dialect职业集团的特有用语,社会方言
• standard dialect标准方言
• the Scottish dialect苏格兰方言
• vulgar dialect粗俗的方言

～+介词

• dialect of Irish爱尔兰方言

词组短语

chinese dialect中国方言

local dialect地区方言

同近义词辨析

tone, dialect, accent

这三个名词意思相近，容易混淆。

tonen.语气，音调，指说话人的口气或声音的高低、轻重等。

He speaks to his baby in soft tones.他用柔和的语调和他的婴儿说话。

dialectn.方言，土语，地方话，指一个地区人们所使用的语言。

the Yorkshire dialect约克郡方言the Sichuan dialect四川方言

accentn.口音，指某一地区语言的发音特征；重音。

He speaks English with a Spanish accent.他讲英语带有西班牙口音。

speech, laguage, tongue, slang, dialect, idiom

这组词都有“语言”的意思，其区别是：

speech特指人的口语，也指正式的讲话。

laguage普通用词，含义广。指人的语言或文字，或动物的语言。既可指口头或书面语言，也可指手势语等。

tongue书面用词，指人的语言，亦指人的母语。

slang指俚语。

dialect指一种语言中，某一地方所特有的语言形式，即方言。

idiom指一种语言中一般由几个词结合成短语或句子的特殊表达方式，即惯用语、成语。也指方言。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Every now and then he would lapse into the local dialect.
   他讲话中时而不自觉地冒出地方方言。
2. She speaks a dialect, not the Queen's English.
   她说一口方言，不是标准英语。
3. The dialect is spoken principally in the rural areas.
   这种方言主要在农村地区使用。
4. The use of dialect lent great charm to the work .
   方言的运用给这部作品增添了巨大的魅力。
5. Do you speak Sichuan dialect?
   你会说四川话吗？

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