| 词汇 | colloquialism |
| 释义 | colloquialism noun[ C ] languageuk /kəˈləʊ.kwi.ə.lɪ.zəm/ us /kəˈloʊ.kwi.ə.lɪ.zəm/ an informal word or expression that is more suitable for use in speech than in writing口语体;口语词汇 Forms of languages & specialist dialects acrolect argot basilect cant conlang demotic jargonistic journalese legalese lingo lingua franca metalanguage pidgin pidginization pidginize plain English Polari psychobabble shibboleth vernacularly A colloquialism in very frequent use. Bill mixed slang, the colloquialisms of the frontier, and the terminology of modern scientific thought with quaint impartiality. Examine the vocabulary for naturalness, colloquialism, and extraordinary occasional fitness of words. It has passed out of the stage of mere slang to become a "colloquialism." This is a colloquialism that should be avoided. Examples of colloquialismcolloquialism As an informal register, comic strips characteristically draw on colloquialisms, phonetic spellings, etc., to convey oral concepts in print. The phrase, in its origins, was a colloquialism: its meanings were idiomatic to the neighbourhood's inhabitants. The tone fluctuates somewhat: mainly sober academic, with occasional lapses into colloquialism and journalese. Bearing up conversely has a note of hope and is another of many colloquialisms which describe a ship's heading relative to the wind. The style of the narrator is clear, enlivened by occasional colloquialisms and modern parallels. The view of spoken languages as composed of just colloquialism and therefore having no grammar is totally mistaken. This is a classic practitioners' term, and we need to pay attention to the colloquialism here. Has a good command of idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms with awareness of connotative levels of meaning. This was an odd perspective, though, for every colloquialism evoked the bird's urban heritage. I can take part effortlessly in any conversation or discussion and have a good familiarity with idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms. Note that these colloquialisms are stripped not only of the expletive but also of the copula, and that the same phrase containing the copula but no expletive is ungrammatical. In free radio programming, a bottom-up strategy is embraced through the adoption of subversive speech (rudeness, slang, colloquialism) that speaks to multiple realities rather than promoting a unified, officializable space. The new book offers this take: 'a term recorded here might be slang, slangy jargon, a colloquialism, an acronym, an initialism, a vulgarism, or a catchphrase'. Ayto is right in saying that 'one person's slang is another's colloquialism', but it is a pity to stop there. I suggest that factory farming is probably a colloquialism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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