idiom

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
    — In English, idiom requires the indefinite article in a phrase such as "she's an engineer", whereas in Spanish, idiom forbids it.
  2. A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.; A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
    — I have to use the same assignment and call to raw_input in two places. How can I avoid that? I can use the while True/break idiom: […]
  3. A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context, etc.
    — In the idiom of the day, they were sutlers, although today they'd probably be called vendors.
  4. An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.
    — She often spoke in idioms, pining for salad days and complaining about pots calling the kettle black.
  5. An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
    — the idiom of the expressionists

词形变化

idioms plural idiomata plural used uncountably sometimes

词汇关系

近义词
expression form of words idiotism locution phrase
衍生词
bromidiom idiomacy idiomatic idiomatical idiomatically idiomaticize idiom blend idiomless
相关词
idiolect idiosyncratic idiot phrasal verb

词源

From Middle French idiome, and its source, Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “a peculiarity, property, a peculiar phraseology, idiom”), from ἰδιοῦσθαι (idioûsthai, “to make one's own, appropriate to oneself”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private, personal, peculiar, separate”). By surface analysis, idi- + -om.
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