lingo
美音:
[´lıŋgəu
]英音:
[´lıŋgəu
]n.(尤指)方言,行话,隐语
难易程度:
lingo为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词复数:lingoes
近义词, 同义词
lingo
/'lɪŋgəʊ; `lɪŋˇo/
n (pl ~es) (infml joc or derog 口, 谑或贬)
1 foreign language 外国语言
*If you live abroad it helps to know the local lingo. 住在国外, 学一点当地的语言自有好处.
2 special words or expressions used by a particular group; jargon 行话; 术语
*Don't use all that technical lingo try and explain in plain English. 别尽用那种专门术语--用普通的词语解释吧.
lingo
n [C usually singular]informal
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Provençal; Origin: lingo 'tongue' or Portuguese lingoa, both from Latin lingua]
a language, especially a foreign one
I'd like to go to Greece, but I don't speak the lingo .
words or expressions used only by a particular group of people, or at a particular period of time
academic lingo