English Dictionary

slang

IPA（発音記号）

/slæŋ/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 インド

Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register. / Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.

日本語の意味

俗語：通常の言語使用とは異なり、非公式かつくだけた表現で用いられる言葉。 / 専門用語：特定の職業や分野に固有の用語や表現。

Young writers sometimes use slang to make dialogue sound more realistic.

若い作家は会話をより現実的に聞こえさせるために時々俗語を使うことがある。

意味（1）

Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.

She was amused by his talk, which was simple, straightforward, rather humorous and keen, and interspersed with homely expressions of a style which is sometimes called slang.

意味（2）

Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.

意味（3）

The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to conceal one's meaning from outsiders; cant.

Oh, there are so many superior teas and sugars now. Superior is getting to be shopkeepers' slang. /Are you beginning to dislike slang, then?said Rosamond, with mild gravity. /Only the wrong sort. All choice of words is slang. It marks a class./There is correct English: that is not slang./I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets."

意味（4）

(countable) A particular variety of slang; the slang used by a particular group.

意味（5）

(countable) An item of slang; a slang word or expression.

意味（6）

(India) A curse word.

Such attempts were made even more aggressive by the fact that these local women were known for picking fights easily and using slangs to verbally abuse their neighbours.

slangs （ plural ）