slang

• n. 俚语；行话
• adj. 俚语的
• vi. 用粗话骂
• vt. 用俚语说

俚语，词源不详，可能来自 sling,扔，投掷，引申比喻义脏话，粗俗话。

1. informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar;

"their speech was full of slang expressions"

2. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves);

"they don't speak our lingo"

slang

slang: [18] Slang is a mystery word. It first appeared in underworld argot of the mid-18th century. It had a range of meanings – ‘cant’, ‘nonsense’, ‘line of business’, and, as a verb, ‘defraud’. Most of these have died out, but ‘cant’ is the lineal ancestor of the word’s modern meaning. It is not clear where it came from, although the use of the verb slang for ‘abuse’, and the expression slanging match ‘abusive argument’, suggest some connection with Norwegian dialect sleng- ‘offensive language’ (found only in compounds).

slang (n.)

1756, "special vocabulary of tramps or thieves," later "jargon of a particular profession" (1801), of uncertain origin, the usual guess being that it is from a Scandinavian source, such as Norwegian slengenamn "nickname," slengja kjeften "to abuse with words," literally "to sling the jaw," related to Old Norse slyngva "to sling." But OED, while admitting "some approximation in sense," discounts this connection based on "date and early associations." Liberman also denies it, as well as any connection with French langue (or language or lingo). Rather, he derives it elaborately from an old slang word meaning "narrow piece of land," itself of obscure origin. Century Dictionary says "there is no evidence to establish a Gipsy origin." Sense of "very informal language characterized by vividness and novelty" first recorded 1818.

[S]lang is a conscious offence against some conventional standard of propriety. A mere vulgarism is not slang, except when it is purposely adopted, and acquires an artificial currency, among some class of persons to whom it is not native. The other distinctive feature of slang is that it is neither part of the ordinary language, nor an attempt to supply its deficiencies. The slang word is a deliberate substitute for a word of the vernacular, just as the characters of a cipher are substitutes for the letters of the alphabet, or as a nickname is a substitute for a personal name. [Henry Bradley, from "Slang," in "Encyclopedia Britannica," 11th ed.]

A word that ought to have survived is slangwhanger (1807, American English) "noisy or abusive talker or writer."

language, speech, tongue, dialect, idiom, slang

这些名词均含"语言"之意。

language： 普通用词，含义广。指人的语言或文字，或动物的语言。既可指口头或书面语言，也可指手势语等。

speech： 特指人的口语，也指正式的讲话。

tongue： 书面用词，指人的语言，亦指人的母语。

dialect： 指一种语言中，某一地方所特有的语言形式，即方言。

idiom： 指一种语言中一般由几个词结合成短语或句子的特殊表达方式，即惯用语、成语。也指方言。

slang： 指俚语。

teenage slang

青少年俚语

牛津词典

a slang word/expression/term

俚语

牛津词典

Archie liked to think he kept up with current slang.

阿奇喜欢那种紧跟潮流，讲满口时髦新词的感觉。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a slang term.

一个俚语

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Englishmen themselves, let alone foreigners, are often uncertain what is slang and what isn't.

英国人自己也常常不能确定什么是俚语, 更不要说外国人了.

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Tube: slang for the television.

电视: tube是电视的俚语.

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The teacher hauled him up for using such a slang expression in an essay.

老师责备他在论文中使用这样的俚语.

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Heaps : slang word meaning a lot.

非常的: 俚语,意思是很,非常.

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In England & quot ; fanny & quot ; is vulgar slang for female genitals.

在英格兰,“ fanny ”是对女性生殖器的粗鄙称谓.

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Dork means someone who is not cool or popular and is a good example of slang.

一词指的是“不受欢迎的人”,是一个典型的俚语.

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Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for an Italian or a person of Italian descent.

用作贬义词,指意大利人或意大利后裔.

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As a patois , or colloquial , slang is permeated with rich local color and flavor.

俚语是通俗的口头语,带有浓郁的地方色彩和民间韵味.

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Colloquial expressions and even slang may be found in standard dictionaries but will be so identified.

俗语甚至俚语都可能在标准字典中查到,但是字典中会标明它们的性质.

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Slang A shot of hard liquor , sometimes accompanied by a beer chaser.

[俚语]一杯酒:一杯烈酒, 有时还加上点啤酒.

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Some say its name comes from the Zulu language, others that it derives from township slang.

有些人认为它的名字来源于祖鲁语, 还有人说它的名字来源于城镇俚语.

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A slang term for an uneducated or unsophisticated investor.

俚语,指没有经验的新手投资者.

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The student has now begun to master more nuanced English as slang and idioms.

学生可以开始掌握一些暗喻英语例如俚语和谚语.

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Their speech was slang phrases and flares of poetry.

在他们的谈吐中既有俚语也有美妙的诗句.

辞典例句

Year by year a few of these slang terms prove so useful that they graduate into respectable society.

年复一年,这些俚语中的一些证明是十分有用的,因而逐渐进入了上流社会.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Slang is the informal usage in vocabulary and idiom.

摘要俚语是英语词汇和习语的非正规表达方法.

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We settled down to a quiet discussion of English slang.

我们安下心来讨论英语俚语的用法.

《简明英汉词典》

Tube : slang for TV ( usually used in the UK ).

电视机: Tube是TV的俚语 ( 通常用在英国 ).

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A slang term used to describe a rapid advance in prices within the commodities market.

是用来描绘一个在商品市场内快速升高的价格.

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Slang many friends multi strip road!

俗话多个朋友多条路!

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The phrase is labelled as slang in the dictionary.

这个短语在这本字典里被注为俚语.

《简明英汉词典》

Read on, to learn more about Cockney rhyming slang.

接着读一读吧, 来更多地了解一下老伦敦的押韵俚语.

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Vulgar Slang A sexual partner, especially a woman or girl.

性伙伴, 尤指一名女子或女孩.

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" Brass " is slang for " money ".

“ brass ” 是 “ money ” 一词的俚语.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Helen : Yes , get a fitness buddy. Buddy slang word for friend.

是 呀, 和好朋友一起参加健身班可以互相激励一起健身减肥.

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