jargon

• n. 行话，术语；黄锆石

来自法语jargon,鸟鸣，说话，来自拉丁语garrire,交谈，拟声词，模仿含混不清说话的声音，词源同garrulous.引申词义行话，即外人听不懂的话。

jargon (n.)

mid-14c., "unintelligible talk, gibberish; chattering, jabbering," from Old French jargon "a chattering" (of birds), also "language, speech," especially "idle talk; thieves' Latin." Ultimately of echoic origin (compare Latin garrire "to chatter," English gargle). Often applied to something the speaker does not understand, hence meaning "mode of speech full of unfamiliar terms" (1650s). Middle English also had it as a verb, jargounen "to chatter" (late 14c.), from French.

1. APEC seems be drowning in an ocean of jargon.

亚太经合组织似乎为一大堆空洞的胡言乱语所淹没。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Their jargon is impenetrable to an outsider.

他们的行话外人听不懂。

来自《权威词典》

3. The jargon in his talk was opaque to me.

他谈话中使用的行话对我是一团迷雾。

来自《权威词典》

4. He spoke such a jargon I couldn't make head or tail of what he said.

他讲那么一种方言土语,我根本不懂他说什么.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. The only magazine in the waiting room was a scientific journal full of technical jargon above my head.

候诊室里唯一的杂志是一份全是术语的科学期刊,我看不懂.

来自《简明英汉词典》