locution

英 [lə'kjuːʃ(ə)n]美 [lo'kjʊʃən]

n. 说话风格；惯用语

中文词源

locution 惯用语，习语

来自拉丁语loqui,说，词源同loquacious,circumlocution,来自PIE*tolk,说，词源可能同talk,tell.引申词义习语，惯用语。

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. The State Department continued to blow on this worn locution like a stuck whistle .

国务院也在继续使用这个老掉牙的惯用语，就象在吹一个吹不响的哨子。

来自辞典例句

2. The State Department continued to blow on this worn locution like a stuck whistle.

国务院也在继续使用这个老掉牙的惯用语,就象在吹一个吹不响的哨子.

来自辞典例句

3. In this latter situation and would never expect their designers gifted in sesquipedalian locution.

有些情况下,设计师从来不需要考虑自己写一个字.

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