词典释义：
(一般作
本国语；本地话；方言
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he wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience .为了赢得更多的读者，他用本地话写作。
[with adj. or noun modifier]
〈非正式〉行话；术语
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[mass noun]
gardening vernacular .园艺术语。
[mass noun]architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than monumental buildings
（建筑）民间风格
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buildings in which Gothic merged into farmhouse vernacular .哥特式风格与农舍风格相融合的建筑。
(of language)spoken as one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language
（语言）作为母语的；本国语的；本地话的；方言的。
(of speech or written works)using such a language
（话语或书面作品）用本国语的；用本地话的；用方言的
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vernacular literature .用本地话创作的文学。
(of architecture)concerned with domestic and functional rather than monumental buildings
（建筑）民间风格的。
"early 17th cent.: from Latin
