locution

英[lə'kjuːʃn] 美[lə'kjuːʃn]
  • n. 说话风格;惯用语
GRE
Noun:
  1. a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations;

    "pardon the expression"

1. The State Department continued to blow on this worn locution like a stuck whistle .
国务院也在继续使用这个老掉牙的惯用语,就象在吹一个吹不响的哨子。

来自辞典例句

2. The State Department continued to blow on this worn locution like a stuck whistle.
国务院也在继续使用这个老掉牙的惯用语,就象在吹一个吹不响的哨子.

来自辞典例句

3. In this latter situation and would never expect their designers gifted in sesquipedalian locution.
有些情况下,设计师从来不需要考虑自己写一个字.

来自互联网

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The State Department continued to blow on this worn locution like a stuck whistle.
      国务院也在继续使用这个老掉牙的惯用语,就象在吹一个吹不响的哨子。

【邻近词汇】