n.[C]

1. 本国语；本地话，方言
2. 行话
   The vernaculars of these African tribes have never been written down.

   这些非洲部落的土话没能被记载下来。

3. 日常用语；白话
4. 动植物的俗名

a.[Z]

1. 用本国语的；用方言的；白话的
   He is a vernacular poet.

   他是个方言诗人。

2. 本国的；本地的
3. 动植物俗名的

n.

1. the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a country or region.
   ▸informal the specialized terminology of a group or activity.
2. vernacular architecture.

adj.

1. spoken as or using one's mother tongue rather than a second language.
2. (of architecture) concerned with domestic and functional rather than public buildings.