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idiom n.成语；惯用语；方言；风格；特色 (1) “画蛇添足”这个成语就是从这个故事来的。(2) “让猫从袋子里跑出来”是惯用语，意思是无意中泄露秘密。(3) 他讲新英格兰乡下的方言。(4) 我喜欢现代流行音乐的风格。(5) 这是一座具有当地特色的古建筑。 Idiom comes from the Greek idios, which means personal. Idiom originally meant "speech peculiar or proper to a people or country." These days we use idiom for a specialized vocabulary or an expression that isn't obvious, like kick the bucket which means "die." If you're studying a foreign language, idioms are the hardest phrases to translate.

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英 ['ɪdiəm] 美 ['ɪdiəm] (1) From that story comes the idiom "Draw a snake and add feet to it".(2) "Let the cat out of the bag" is an idiom meaning to tell a secret by mistake.(3) He spoke in the idiom of the New England countryside.(4) I like the idiom of modern popular music.(5) It was an old building in the local idiom. An idiom is a form of expression that is particular to a certain person or group of people. If your friend always says, "squirrelly nuteriffic!" when she means something is great, she's using her own idiom. 1[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.   [usu sing]  [FORMAL 正式]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。2[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。3[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

英语单词	idiom
英美音标	英 ['ɪdiəm] 美 ['ɪdiəm]
中文释义	n.成语；惯用语；方言；风格；特色
英语例句	(1) From that story comes the idiom "Draw a snake and add feet to it". (2) "Let the cat out of the bag" is an idiom meaning to tell a secret by mistake. (3) He spoke in the idiom of the New England countryside. (4) I like the idiom of modern popular music. (5) It was an old building in the local idiom.
中文例句	(1) “画蛇添足”这个成语就是从这个故事来的。 (2) “让猫从袋子里跑出来”是惯用语，意思是无意中泄露秘密。 (3) 他讲新英格兰乡下的方言。 (4) 我喜欢现代流行音乐的风格。 (5) 这是一座具有当地特色的古建筑。
vocabulary简明	An idiom is a form of expression that is particular to a certain person or group of people. If your friend always says, "squirrelly nuteriffic!" when she means something is great, she's using her own idiom.
vocabulary扩展	Idiom comes from the Greek idios, which means personal. Idiom originally meant "speech peculiar or proper to a people or country." These days we use idiom for a specialized vocabulary or an expression that isn't obvious, like kick the bucket which means "die." If you're studying a foreign language, idioms are the hardest phrases to translate.
柯林斯解释	1 [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. [usu sing] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 2 [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。 3 [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

Idiom Meaning Means Building Local Expression Group People