n. 方言,土语;语调;[语]语支;专业用语;
💡 dia在…之间+lect讲,读→在一部分人之间说→方言
"Cockney is the colourful dialect spoken in the East End of London."
伦敦方言是在伦敦东区讲的颇有特色的地方语.
近义:argot, localism, patois, provincialism, regionalism, slang
反义:vernacular
vt.& vi. 懂,理解;
vt. 了解;默认;听说;领会;
💡 under(under)+stand→懂;了解;通晓;认为
"That's just an approximation, you understand."
你知道那仅仅是近似值。
近义:ideate, imagine, apprehend, interpret, assimilate, penetrate
反义:misapprehend, misconstrue, mishear, misinterpret, misrepresent, misread