idiom

[英] [ˈidiəm] [美] [ˈɪdiəm] 生词本

n.

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1. N-COUNT (音乐、舞蹈、建筑的)风格,特色 A particular idiom is a particular style of something such as music, dance, or architecture. 
  • 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。

  • It was an old building in the local idiom.

    那是一座具有当地风格的古建筑。

2. N-COUNT 习语;成语 An idiom is a group of words which have a different meaning when used together from the one they would have if you took the meaning of each word separately. 
  • Proverbs and idioms may become worn with overuse...

    谚语和习语会由于使用过多而变得俗套。

  • 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。

3. N-UNCOUNT 方言;土语 Idiom of a particular kind is the language that people use at a particular time or in a particular place. 
  • 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。

  • ...her command of the Chinese idiom.

    她对汉语方言的掌握

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"

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

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

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