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dialect

noun
🔊/ˈdaɪəlekt/
🔊/ˈdaɪəlekt/
 [countable, uncountable]
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  1. the form of a language that is spoken in one area with grammar, words and pronunciation that may be different from other forms of the same language地方话；土话；方言
    • the Yorkshire dialect约克郡方言
    • dialect words/expressions方言单词/表达
    compare accent, idiolect
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    • All languages and dialects change over time.所有语言和方言都会随着时间的推移而发生变化。
    • She spoke in broad Yorkshire dialect.她操一口浓重的约克郡方言。
    • The poet uses a variety of Scots dialect words and expressions.诗人使用各种苏格兰方言单词和表达方式。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • local
    • native
    • regional
    • …
    verb + dialect
    • speak
    • speak in
    dialect + noun
    • form
    • word
    • speaker
    • …
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting the art of investigating the truth of opinions): from French dialecte, or via Latin from Greek dialektos ‘discourse, way of speaking’, from dialegesthai ‘converse with’, from dia ‘through’ + legein ‘speak’.