diction

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication. countable,uncountable
    — the identification of the poetic impulse with sonorous diction
  2. The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression. countable,uncountable
    — His poor diction meant that most of the audience didn't really understand the key points of the presentation.
  3. Enunciation, pronunciation. countable,uncountable

词形变化

dictions plural

词汇关系

衍生词
dictional
相关词
dictate dictation dictionary dictum articulation elocution prosody

词源

From late Middle English diccion (“something said; a word or phrase”) (an obsolete sense in Modern English), borrowed directly from Latin dictiō (“a saying, speaking, uttering”) or from Old French dicïon (“word”) (Anglo-Norman dictyoun), from Late Latin dictiō (“word”), both from dīcō (“to say, to talk”) + -tiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, to point out”).
The modern senses of “choice and use of words” and “clarity of word choice” were likely influenced by additional senses of dictiō.
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