lingo
pronunciation
UK [ˈlɪŋgəʊ]
US [ˈlɪŋgoʊ]
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- n.
- 听不懂的话（指方言、术语等），隐语，外语
Word Origin
lingo 外国话，外国语
来自拉丁语lingua,舌头，语言。用以指外国话，外国语。
Example
- 1. In market lingo those assets are inversely correlated .
- 用市场行话说，这些资产呈反向关联。
- 2. And tokyo 's commuter lingo doesn 't stop there-or get much cheerier .
- 东京通勤领域的行话还有很多，听着让人觉得搞笑。
- 3. How do you begin to complain if you don 't know the lingo ?
- 要是你对行话一无所知，该如何提出控诉呢？
- 4. Microsoft is adept at treating competitors as " frenemies " , in the lingo of silicon valley .
- 微软擅长把竞争者当成“亦友亦敌”（frenemies）这是硅谷的行话。
- 5. The term probably came from the internal lingo at facebook , but it has spread widely among technology companies .
- 这个词可能来自facebook的内部行话，但已在各大科技公司中广为普及了。
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