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noun
a verbal expression that cannot be understood merely by knowing the individual meanings of its elements, as with the phrase "break down," meaning "to lose one's mental stability."When I used the idiom "under the weather," my friend from Japan didn't understand.
the unique grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of a particular language, dialect, or regional style.the idiom of the southern United States
a specialized language or vocabulary used by a particular group; jargon.the idiom of early jazz musicians
a distinctive style of expression, as in art or music, that is characteristic of a particular artist, group, or period.the surrealist idiom
这组词都有“语言”的意思,其区别是:
speech特指人的口语,也指正式的讲话。
laguage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。
tongue书面用词,指人的语言,亦指人的母语。
slang指俚语。
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。
以上来源于网络
1580年代,“某个民族或地方的语言形式”; 意思是“某种语言特有的短语或表达”,来自1620年代的法语 idiome(16世纪)和直接来自晚期拉丁语 idioma “语言中的特殊性”,来自希腊语 idioma “特殊性,特殊的短语”,(福勒写道,“‘独特的表现’是希腊词最接近的翻译”),来自 idioumai “占为己有”,来自 idios “个人的,私人的”,本意为“特定于自己的”。
这来自于 PIE *swed-yo-, 根的带后缀形式 *s(w)e-, 第三人称和反身代词(指回句子的主语),也用于表示说话者的社交团体,“(我们自己)”,(源自梵语 svah, 阿维斯陀语 hva-, 古波斯语 huva “自己的”, khva-data “主人”,字面意思是“从自己创造”; 希腊语 hos “他,她,它”; 拉丁语 suescere “习惯,习惯”, sodalis “伴侣”; 古教会斯拉夫语 svoji “他的,她的,它的”, svojaku “亲戚,同族”; 哥特语 swes “自己的”; 古诺尔斯语 sik “自己”; 德语 Sein; 古爱尔兰语 fein “自己,他自己”)。
[G]rammar & idiom are independent categories; being applicable to the same material, they sometimes agree & sometimes disagree about particular specimens of it; the most can be said is that what is idiomatic is far more often grammatical than ungrammatical, but that is worth saying, because grammar & idiom are sometimes treated as incompatibles .... [Fowler]
【语法和习惯用法是独立的范畴; 它们适用于相同的材料,有时在特定的样本上一致,有时不一致; 最多可以说的是,惯用语通常比不合语法的用法更符合语法,但这是值得说的,因为语法和习惯用法有时被视为不相容的……【福勒】】
Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French idiome, from Late Latin idioma individual peculiarity of language, from Greek idiōmat-, idiōma, from idiousthai to appropriate, from idios
The first known use of idiom was in 1575
idiomnoun
the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole
the expression "give way," meaning "retreat," is an idiom
1 It was an old building in the local idiom.
这是一座具有当地特色的古建筑。
2 It doesn't seem so long ago that pianist Matthew Shipp emerged as a fiery iconoclast of the piano, a fearless experimenter whose tempestuous soliloquies ranged freely among jazz, classical and avant-garde idioms.
3 “No living Southern writer captures the spoken idioms of the South as artfully as Portis does,” Mississippi native Donna Tartt wrote in an afterword for a 2005 reissue of the novel.
4 Posner goes for the laziest jokes all evening, the sort that trigger mere reflex giggles in an audience relieved of the chore of fully grasping Shakespeare’s idioms.
5 She’s Australian, and at this point I no longer know which idioms are American or Australian anymore.
6 When all matches have been made, the students read their idioms aloud to the class.
当所有的习语搭配都完成之后, 学生向全班同学大声朗读各自的习语.
7 Slang is the informal usage in vocabulary and idiom.
摘要俚语是英语词汇和习语的非正规表达方法.
8 Pam Tanowitz, a choreographer known for putting a postmodern spin on classical dance idioms and collaborating with composers and visual artists, is this year’s recipient of the Baryshnikov Arts Center’s Cage Cunningham Fellowship.
9 This idiom cannot be translated literally.
这个成语无法照字面翻译。
10 He spoke in the idiom of the New England countryside.
他讲新英格兰乡下的方言。
11 And the prospect of recovering a nearly lost language, the idiom and scrappy slang of the postwar period …
12 Lauper isn't a natural in this idiom, but she chose her material with care and affection.
13 Still, Ms. Beiser’s performance was riveting and thoroughly wedded to the idiom, just as her earlier rock-outs and reverential meditations had been.
14 Many of the show’s matchups featured reggaetón added to other idioms; its beat meshes easily, and it gives more established styles an up-to-date accessory.
15 At Café Carlyle, Molly Ringwald, whose 2013 debut album, “Except Sometimes,” is a collection of standards in a light pop-jazz idiom, sung with an ingenuous charm, plays her first New York cabaret engagement.
16 Beneath its mock-Elizabethan idioms, its cool charm and its bubbling inventiveness, the choreography places its faith in pure form.
17 ‘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。
18 But no Cunningham work ever belongs to one idiom alone.
19 Countless bands across the idioms were to be inspired by this exultant sound, and still are.
20 And her English was a mishmash of mixed-up idioms and sayings that showed she was "green behind the ears," as she called it.
2 如
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5 惯用法
6 表达方式
7 特征
diagnostic indicium thing point feature note character difference race hair mark cast attribute parameter characteristic signature texture dimension criterion impress strain patent stamp trait trademark accent distinction genius stigma modality specificity earmark birthmark shtick salience lineament suchness
9 表现形式
10 方言
dialect vernacular lingo patois dialectal speech localism provincialism dialectic dialectical talk tongue colloq. dial. d. dialecticism colloquialism
11 文风
14 特色
feature character touch shape beauty characteristic colour vein flavour fingerprint motif idiosyncrasy quality trick speciality peculiarity