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lingo

/ling-goh/US // ˈlɪŋ goʊ //UK // (ˈlɪŋɡəʊ) //

行语,行话

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural lin·goes.

    • : the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual: gamblers' lingo.
    • : language or speech, especially if strange or foreign.

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Examples

  • The scientists wondered how quickly the pooches could pick up new lingo.

  • These points all have one thing in common in that we need to try and move away from the acronyms, verbiage, and lingo that was coined in a non-customer-centric world and based on optimization rather than value.

  • In mathematical lingo, a set that allows addition and subtraction is called a group.

  • All inaugurations are, in the lingo of security experts, high-value targets for attack.

  • Every industry has its own lingo that makes no sense in another context.

  • These are the standard selling points of the craft-distilling movement, with its locavore lingo, terroir talk, and handmade hype.

  • The “no-diet diet” lingo may sound trendy, but the idea has been around for decades.

  • She may be disappointed about the false appropriation of such Twilight lingo.

  • Writer Adam Gopnik learned Internet chat from his son, Luke, and quickly caught on to such lingo as ‘brb’ and ‘gtg.’

  • One review of the 1995 cult classic said it was defined by its “bubblegum hip-hop lingo.”

  • You baito where you are,” he commanded, bidding a comrade summon an officer, “or somebody who can talk the lingo.

  • These travelled follows are outrageous bores, with their bushy moustachios and outlandish lingo.

  • Because I do not patter the flash lingo with you, you appear to take me for a college professor in disguise.

  • The contrast when the good man got into the pulpit and began to pray in a borrowed, washy lingo—extempore in more senses than one!

  • I learned Pinky to speak a little English an' she learned me her lingo, an' we got along mighty fine.