idiom 音标拼音: ['ɪdiəm]
n . 成语,惯用语法,方言
成语,惯用语法,方言
idiom n 1 :
a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language [
synonym : {
parlance }, {
idiom }]
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 "; "
it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy " [
synonym :
{
dialect }, {
idiom }, {
accent }]
3 :
the style of a particular artist or school or movement ; "
an imaginative orchestral idiom " [
synonym : {
artistic style },
{
idiom }]
4 :
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up [
synonym : {
idiom },
{
idiomatic expression }, {
phrasal idiom }, {
set phrase },
{
phrase }]
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n . [
F .
idiome ,
L .
idioma ,
fr .
Gr . '
idi `
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fr . '
idioy ^
n to make a person '
s own ,
to make proper or peculiar ;
fr . '
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dios one '
s own ,
proper ,
peculiar ;
prob .
akin to the reflexive pronoun o "
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and to "
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one '
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and to E .
so .]
1 .
The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language ;
the genius or cast of a language .
[
1913 Webster ]
Idiom may be employed loosely and figuratively as a synonym of language or dialect ,
but in its proper sense it signifies the totality of the general rules of construction which characterize the syntax of a particular language and distinguish it from other tongues . --
G .
P .
Marsh .
[
1913 Webster ]
By idiom is meant the use of words which is peculiar to a particular language . --
J .
H .
Newman .
[
1913 Webster ]
He followed their language [
the Latin ],
but did not comply with the idiom of ours . --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language .
[
1913 Webster ]
Some that with care true eloquence shall teach ,
And to just idioms fix our doubtful speech . --
Prior .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
A combination of words having a meaning peculiar to itself and not predictable as a combination of the meanings of the individual words ,
but sanctioned by usage ;
as ,
an idiomatic expression ;
less commonly ,
a single word used in a peculiar sense .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
It is not by means of rules that such idioms as the following are made current : "
I can make nothing of it ." "
He treats his subject home ." --
Dryden . "
It is that within us that makes for righteousness ." --
M .
Arnold . --
Gostwick (
Eng .
Gram .)
[
1913 Webster ]
Sometimes we identify the words with the object --
though by courtesy of idiom rather than in strict propriety of language . --
Coleridge .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
The phrase forms peculiar to a particular author ;
as ,
written in his own idiom .
[
1913 Webster ]
Every good writer has much idiom . --
Landor .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
Dialect ;
a variant form of a language .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Dialect .
Usage : {
Idiom }, {
Dialect }.
The idioms of a language belong to its very structure ;
its dialects are varieties of expression ingrafted upon it in different localities or by different professions .
Each county of England has some peculiarities of dialect ,
and so have most of the professions ,
while the great idioms of the language are everywhere the same .
See {
Language }.
Idiomatic 86 Moby Thesaurus words for "
idiom ":
Acadian ,
Anglo -
Indian ,
Brooklynese ,
Cajun ,
Canadian French ,
Cockney ,
French Canadian ,
Gullah ,
Midland ,
Midland dialect ,
New England dialect ,
Pennsylvania Dutch ,
Yankee ,
Yorkshire ,
adjectival phrase ,
argot ,
bundle of isoglosses ,
cant ,
choice of words ,
class dialect ,
clause ,
cliche ,
composition ,
construction ,
dialect ,
dialect dictionary ,
diction ,
expression ,
formulation ,
grammar ,
headed group ,
idiotism ,
isogloss ,
jargon ,
language ,
langue ,
lingo ,
lingua ,
linguistic atlas ,
linguistic community ,
linguistic island ,
local dialect ,
localism ,
locution ,
manner of speaking ,
noun phrase ,
paragraph ,
parlance ,
parole ,
patois ,
peculiar expression ,
period ,
personal usage ,
phrasal idiom ,
phrase ,
phraseology ,
phrasing ,
provincialism ,
regional accent ,
regionalism ,
rhetoric ,
sentence ,
set phrase ,
speech ,
speech community ,
standard phrase ,
subdialect ,
syntactic structure ,
talk ,
term ,
tongue ,
turn of expression ,
turn of phrase ,
usage ,
use of words ,
usus loquendi ,
utterance ,
verb complex ,
verb phrase ,
verbalism ,
verbiage ,
vernacular ,
way of speaking ,
word -
group ,
wordage ,
wording
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