lingoes
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT People sometimes refer to a foreign language, especially one that they do not speak or understand, as a lingo. (尤指不會(huì)說(shuō)或聽(tīng)不懂的)外語(yǔ)[非正式] [usu sing]
I don't speak the lingo. 我不會(huì)說(shuō)這種外語(yǔ)。
2. N-UNCOUNT A lingo is a range of words or a style of language which is used in a particular situation or by a particular group of people. 行話(huà)[非正式] [also 'a' N]
In music-business lingo, that means he wanted to buy the rights to the song and market it. 用唱片界的行話(huà),就是他想買(mǎi)下那首歌曲的版權(quán)并推向市場(chǎng)。
...an author who writes in a lurid lingo, freely punctuated with crude expletives. ...文筆間充斥著低俗的暗語(yǔ)和隨興插入粗話(huà)的作者。
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