单词:locution
音标:[lәu'kju:ʃәn] ;
n. 语言表达方式, 语言风格
n a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
词型变化:名词复数形式 : locutions
考试类型:[GRE]
考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
locution的用法和样例:
例句
用作名词(n.)
- The State Department continued to blow on this worn locution like a stuck whistle.国务院也在继续使用这个老掉牙的惯用语,就象在吹一个吹不响的哨子。
经典引文
Critical prose, like the prose of business letters, has its set locutions and inevitable rhythms.
出自:J. Updike
【近义词】
- expression表情
- saying谚语