lingo /ˈlɪŋɡəʊ/

• 1. 

  N-COUNT People sometimes refer to a foreign language, especially one that they do not speak or understand, as a lingo. (尤指不会说或听不懂的)外语 [非正式] [usu sing]

  例：

  I don't speak the lingo.

  我不会说这种外语。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT A lingo is a range of words or a style of language which is used in a particular situation or by a particular group of people. 行话 [非正式] [also 'a' N]

  例：

  In music-business lingo, that means he wanted to buy the rights to the song and market it.

  用唱片界的行话，就是他想买下那首歌曲的版权并推向市场。

  例：

  ...an author who writes in a lurid lingo, freely punctuated with crude expletives.

  ...文笔间充斥着低俗的暗语和随兴插入粗话的作者。