英语释义
1. a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with them a single language
the Doric dialect of ancient Greek a dialect of Chinese spoken in Hong Kong
2. one of two or more cognate (see cognate entry 1 sense 3a) languages
French and Italian are Romance dialects
3. a variety of a language used by the members of a group
such dialects as politics and advertising
— Philip Howard
4. a variety of language whose identity is fixed by a factor other than geography (such as social class)
spoke a rough peasant dialect
5. register sense 4c
6. a version of a computer programming language
7. manner or means of expressing oneself phraseology
8. a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area and that uses some of its own words, grammar, and pronunciations
9. a form of a language that is spoken in a certain region or by a certain group