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lingo

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n.(尤指)方言,行话,隐语

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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