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N Locution Ləu'kju:ʃən 语言风格;惯用语 英 说话的方式或语气(A Style Speech

单词 locution
音标 [ləu'kju:ʃən]
解释 n. 语言风格;惯用语
红宝书 【英】 n. 说话的方式或语气(a particular style of speech)
【记】 locu(说话)+tion;
【同】 参考:circumlocutio n(累赘的表述)
字源 locution (n.)
"style of speech," early 15c., from Latin locutionem (nominative locutio) "a speaking, speech, discourse; way of speaking," noun of action from past participle stem of loqui "to speak," from PIE root *tolk(w)- (cognates: Old Irish ad-tluch- "to thank," to-tluch- "to ask;" Old Church Slavonic tloko "interpretation, explanation"). Related: Locutionary.
不择手段背单词 n. (为某一特定的人或团体所特有的)说话方式; 惯用语 = phraseology
【记】locu说, tion; 参: circumlocution(n 婉转曲折的陈述)
趣味全助记 【记】logue 说话, c=g,dialogue 对话
【相关】allocution 正式演讲,circumlocution 迂回的说,elocution 演说术,interlocutory对话的,locution 惯用语,说话风格

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