idiom

英['ɪdiəm] 美['ɪdiəm]
  • n. 成语;惯用语;方言;风格;特色
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星级词汇:
    n. (名词)
    1. 成语,惯用语,习语
    2. 风格,特色
    3. 方言,土话,土语
    4. 语言的习惯用法
    5. 语言的特性
    6. 惯用语法
    7. 表现方法
    n. (名词)
    1. [C]习语,成语 a group of words with a special meaning
    2. [U](在语言等方面所表现的)风格,特色 use of language peculiar to a period or an individual

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

  2. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people;

    "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"
    "he has a strong German accent"
    "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

  3. the style of a particular artist or school or movement;

    "an imaginative orchestral idiom"

  4. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

1. It was an old building in the local idiom.
这是一座具有当地特色的古建筑.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. I like the idiom of modern popular music.
我喜欢现代流行音乐的风格.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. And nothing was so irritating as the confident way he used archaic idiom.
没什么比他使用过时的方言时那种自负的神态更气人的了。

来自柯林斯例句

4. McCartney was also keen to write in a classical idiom, rather than a pop one.
麦卡特尼也热衷于古典风格而不是通俗风格的创作。

来自柯林斯例句

5. She is, in fact, a perfect illustration of the French idiom "to be comfortable in one's own skin."
实际上,她很好地诠释了“欣然接纳自我”这一法语习语的意思。

来自柯林斯例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. This idiom cannot be translated literally.
      这个成语无法照字面翻译。
    2. From that story comes the idiom "Draw a snake and add feet to it".
      “画蛇添足”这个成语就是从这个故事来的。
    3. "Let the cat out of the bag" is an idiom meaning to tell a secret by mistake.
      “让猫从袋子里跑出来”是惯用语,意思是无意中泄露秘密。
    4. He spoke in the idiom of the New England countryside.
      他讲新英格兰乡下的方言。
    5. I like the idiom of modern popular music.
      我喜欢现代流行音乐的风格。
    6. It was an old building in the local idiom.
      这是一座具有当地特色的古建筑。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Every language has its own idioms.
      每种语言都有自己的习语。
    2. I like the idiom of modern popular music.
      我喜欢现代流行音乐的风格。
    3. It was an old building in the local idiom.
      这是一座具有当地特色的古建筑。
language,speech,tongue,dialect,idiom,slang
  • 这些名词均含“语言”之意。
  • language普通用词,含义广。指人的语言或文字,或动物的语言。既可指口头或书面语言,也可指手势语等。
  • speech特指人的口语,也指正式的讲话。
  • tongue书面用词,指人的语言,亦指人的母语。
  • dialect指一种语言中,某一地方所特有的语言形式,即方言。
  • idiom指一种语言中一般由几个词结合成短语或句子的特殊表达方式,即惯用语、成语。也指方言。
  • slang指俚语。