idiom
英 ['ɪdɪəm]
美['ɪdɪəm]
- n. 成语，习语；土话
词态变化
复数: idioms;
助记提示
1. 他(-t)是个白痴 => idiot. 妈妈(-m)教我学习成语、习语、方言 => idiom.
2. idiot, idiom => 白痴他(-t, idiot)记不住习语.
2. idiot, idiom => 白痴他(-t, idiot)记不住习语.
中文词源
idiom 习语，习惯
来自希腊语idios,个人的，自己的，来自PIE*swe,个人，自己，词源同self,swain,custom.引申词义个人的生活习惯，个人的说话方式，后抽象化为习语，习惯。
英英释意
- 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
英文词源
- idiom (n.)
- 1580s, "form of speech peculiar to a people or place," from Middle French idiome (16c.) and directly from Late Latin idioma "a peculiarity in language," from Greek idioma "peculiarity, peculiar phraseology," from idioumai "to appropriate to oneself," from idios "personal, private," properly "particular to oneself," from PIE *swed-yo-, suffixed form of root *s(w)e-, pronoun of the third person and reflexive (referring back to the subject of a sentence), also used in forms denoting the speaker's social group, "(we our-)selves" (cognates: Sanskrit svah, Avestan hva-, Old Persian huva "one's own," khva-data "lord," literally "created from oneself;" Greek hos "he, she, it;" Latin suescere "to accustom, get accustomed," sodalis "companion;" Old Church Slavonic svoji "his, her, its," svojaku "relative, kinsman;" Gothic swes "one's own;" Old Norse sik "oneself;" German Sein; Old Irish fein "self, himself"). Meaning "phrase or expression peculiar to a language" is from 1620s.
同义词辨析
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。
考试真题
- Hello Jane.Charles, among other things, you are regarded as one of the America’s great masters of the Blues, a musical idiom that’s essentially about loss, particularly the loss of romantic love.
出自-2015年12月听力原文
- Charles, among other things, you are regarded as one of the America’s great masters of the Blues, a musical idiom that’s essentially about loss, particularly the loss of romantic love.
出自-2015年12月听力原文
- Charles, among other things, you are regarded as one of the America's great masters of the Blues, a musical idiom that's essentially about loss, particularly the loss of romantic love.
2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A
- If you are unfamiliar with words or idioms, you guess at their meaning, using clues presented in the contest.
出自-2015年考研阅读原文
实用场景例句
- the classical/contemporary/popular idiom
- 古典 / 当代 / 通俗风格
牛津词典
- ‘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。
牛津词典
- ...her command of the Chinese idiom.
- 她对汉语方言的掌握
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It was an old building in the local idiom.
- 那是一座具有当地风格的古建筑。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- An idiom was engraved at the university gate.
- 大学的校门上刻着一馈谚语.
期刊摘选
- He delved deeply into his mind for an English equivalent to the Latin idiom.
- 为找到一个与该拉丁语习语意义对等的英语习语,他绞尽脑汁苦苦思索.
期刊摘选
- To practice skills in handling Chinese idiom and sayings.
- 练习汉语习语和名言口译技巧.
期刊摘选
- The people used this idiom to indicate failing an examination or competition.
- 人们用“名落孙山”来比喻考试没有考上或者选拔没有被录取.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- The thesis includes three parts: the first part expounds the structure traits of numeral idiom.
- 本文分为三部分: 第一部分是数词成语构成的结构特点.
期刊摘选
- They were subtle portraits, sometimes catching exactly the dry New England idiom.
- 行文极其细致, 有时能够恰如其分地获得新英格兰那种淳朴的口语的真趣.
辞典例句
- This idiom excoriates those who show accomplishments in front experts.
- “班门弄斧”这个成语,用来在行家面前显示本领.
期刊摘选
- The idiom came from what the emperor said.
- 成语“画饼充饥”就来自于皇帝所说的话.
期刊摘选
- It was an idiom he'd caught from Carol Goldsmith.
- 这是他从卡洛尔·戈德史密斯那儿学来的一句口头禅.
辞典例句
- Numeral idiom, as an important part of the idiom, is a special language phenomenon.
- 数词成语是成语的重要组成部分之一, 是成语中较为独特的语言现象.
期刊摘选
- The author hopes that paper can make its due contribution to translation studies, particularly idiom translation.
- 作者希望本文能为翻译研究特别是成语翻译研究做出应有的一点贡献.
期刊摘选
- I like the idiom of modern popular music.
- 我喜欢现代流行音乐的风格.
《简明英汉词典》
- This idiom is used to describe doing evil things in collusion with others.
- “狼狈为奸”这个成语比喻坏人互相勾结起来干坏事.
期刊摘选
- Is it when a new idiom is measurably better?
- 只有当证明了一个新的习惯用法更好时 吗 ?
期刊摘选
- This idiom stems from an ancient Greek fable.
- 这个成语源自一则古代希腊寓言.
期刊摘选
- This is a familiar idiom to users of drawing programs and many word processors.
- 鼠标释放后包含在矩形中的任何对象都被选定,画图程序和许多文字处理器的用户可能很熟悉这个习惯用法.
About Face 3交互设计精髓
- Trying to force the C ++ idiom of deterministic finalization into the C # language won't work well.
- 试图强制将已经习惯的C++的确定性终结方式用到C # 语言中,不能很好的工作.
期刊摘选
- Foreigners are extremely interesting in Chinese idiom because.
- 外国人对此很感兴趣因为.
期刊摘选
- The idiom is used to describe a secluded and peaceful utopia.
- 这个成语用来形容一个与世隔绝、活安乐的理想国家.
期刊摘选
- It was an old building in the local idiom.
- 这是一座具有当地特色的古建筑.
《简明英汉词典》