jargon
US: /ˈdʒɑɹɡən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
jargon /'dʤɑ:gən/
- danh từ
- tiếng nói khó hiểu, tiếng nói líu nhíu khó hiểu
- biệt ngữ
- tiếng hót líu lo (chim)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
[U] (often disapproving) words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group of people, and are difficult for others to understand: medical / legal / computer jargon + Try to avoid using too much technical jargon.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 cant, argot, parlance, idiom, vernacular, slang; patois, Creole, dialect, pidgin; Colloq lingo:
In the jargon of philately, this is known as a 'first day cover'.
2 blether or US also blather, chatter, babble, gibberish, jabber, gabble, gobbledegook or gobbledygook, prattle, patter, drivel, cackle, jabberwocky, twaddle, (stuff and) nonsense, rubbish, codswallop, balderdash, bunk, humbug, palaver, bavardage, Colloq rot, garbage, hogwash, bosh, piffle, flapdoodle, chit-chat, gab, claptrap, Slang bull, crap:
When I questioned my bank manager about the fee, he just gave me a lot of jargon.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
current | incomprehensible, obscure | unnecessary | academic, computer, legal, scientific, technical
QUANT.
piece
VERB + JARGON
speak (in), use
He always speaks in obscure legal jargon.
| avoid
PREP.
in ~
in computer jargon
| ~ for
‘All necessary means’ is diplomatic jargon for ‘war’.
Concise English dictionary
jargons'dʒɑrgən /'dʒɑː-
noun
+a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
+a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon
+specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
