jar·gon /ˈʤɑrgən, ˌgɑn/
專門術語,行話,夢話,土語
jar·gon /ˈʤɑrgən, ˌgɑn/ 名詞
行話,術語,謝艾術語
jargon
術語
Jar·gon n.
1. Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish. “A barbarous jargon.” --Macaulay. “All jargon of the schools.” --Prior.
2. Hence: an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang. Especially, an idiom with frequent use of informal technical terms, such as acronyms, used by specialists.
“All jargon of the schools.” --Prior.
The jargon which serves the traffickers. --Johnson.
Jar·gon v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jargoned p. pr. & vb. n. Jargoning.] To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner.
The noisy jay,
Jargoning like a foreigner at his food. --Longfellow.
Jar·gon, n. Min. A variety of zircon. See Zircon.
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jargon
n 1: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among
thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: cant, slang,
lingo, argot, patois, vernacular]
2: a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon
[syn: jargoon]
3: specialized technical terminology characteristic of a
particular subject