locution
英 [l?'kju??(?)n]
美[lo'kj???n]
- n. 說話風格；慣用語
GRE
中文詞源
locution 慣用語，習語
來自拉丁語loqui,說，詞源同loquacious,circumlocution,來自PIE*tolk,說，詞源可能同talk,tell.引申詞義習語，慣用語。
英文詞源
- locution (n.)
- "style of speech," early 15c., from Latin locutionem (nominative locutio) "a speaking, speech, discourse; way of speaking," noun of action from past participle stem of loqui "to speak," from PIE root *tolk(w)- (cognates: Old Irish ad-tluch- "to thank," to-tluch- "to ask;" Old Church Slavonic tloko "interpretation, explanation"). Related: Locutionary.
雙語例句
- 1. The State Department continued to blow on this worn locution like a stuck whistle .
- 國務(wù)院也在繼續(xù)使用這個老掉牙的慣用語，就象在吹一個吹不響的哨子。
來自辭典例句
- 2. The State Department continued to blow on this worn locution like a stuck whistle.
- 國務(wù)院也在繼續(xù)使用這個老掉牙的慣用語,就象在吹一個吹不響的哨子.
來自辭典例句
- 3. In this latter situation and would never expect their designers gifted in sesquipedalian locution.
- 有些情況下,設(shè)計師從來不需要考慮自己寫一個字.
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