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Idiom Meaning ˈɪdiəm Group Words Style People Noun

The word "idiom" refers to a particular style or characteristic of music, dance, or architecture. It can also mean a group of words with a meaning that is different from the individual words, or the language used in a specific place or time.

The word "idiom" refers to a particular style or characteristic of music, dance, or architecture. It can also mean a group of words with a meaning that is different from the individual words, or the language used in a specific place or time.

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/ɪ̱diəm/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](音乐、舞蹈、建筑的)风格,特色 A particular idiom is a particular style of something such as music, dance, or architecture.
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  • McCartney was also keen to write in a classical idiom, rather than a pop one...

    麦卡特尼也热衷于古典风格而不是通俗风格的创作。

  • It was an old building in the local idiom.

    那是一座具有当地风格的古建筑。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]习语;成语 An idiom is a group of words which have a different meaning when used together from the one they would have if you took the meaning of each word separately.
  [TECHNICAL 术语]
  • Proverbs and idioms may become worn with overuse...

    谚语和习语会由于使用过多而变得俗套。

  • She is, in fact, a perfect illustration of the French idiom 'to be comfortable in one's own skin.'

    实际上,她很好地诠释了“欣然接纳自我”这一法语习语的意思。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]方言;土语 Idiom of a particular kind is the language that people use at a particular time or in a particular place.
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • And nothing was so irritating as the confident way he used archaic idiom.

    没什么比他使用过时的方言时那种自负的神态更气人的了。

  • ...her command of the Chinese idiom.

    她对汉语方言的掌握


Oxford idiom / ˈɪdiəm ; NAmE ˈɪdiəm / noun 1 [countable ] a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the inspanidual words 习语;成语;惯用语 ‘Let the cat out of the bag’ is an idiom meaning to tell a secret by mistake. “让猫从袋子里跑出来”是惯用语,意思是无意中泄露秘密。 synonyms at
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2 [uncountable ,  countable ] ( formal) the kind of language and grammar used by particular people at a particular time or place (某时期或某地区的人的)语言和语法 3 [uncountable ,  countable ] ( formal) the style of writing, music, art, etc. that is typical of a particular person, group, period or place (写作、音乐、艺术等的)典型风格 the classical/contemporary/popular idiom 古典╱当代╱通俗风格 idiom idioms
idiom / ˈɪdiəm ; NAmE ˈɪdiəm /
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idiomid‧i‧om /ˈɪdiəm/ ●●○ noun
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1[countable] a group of words that has a special meaning that is different from the ordinary meaning of each separate word. For example, ‘under the weather’ is an idiom meaning ‘ill’.
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2[countable, uncountable] formal or technical a style of expression in writing, speech, or music that is typical of a particular group of people:  the new musical idiom
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idiom

[ˈɪdiəm]

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n.成语,习语;土话

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