colloquialism
/kəˈləʊkwiəlɪzəm/ (bre, ipa) · /kəˈləʊkwiəlɪzəm/ (ame, ipa) · /kə-ˈlō-kwē-ə-ˌli-zəm/ (ame, mw)
colloquialism — 名詞
- colloquialismsingular
- colloquialismsplural
1. an everyday spoken expression — a single word or short phrase — that fits relaxe
口語用法
日常口語中常用、不適合正式場合的詞語
an everyday spoken expression — a single word or short phrase — that fits relaxed talk between friends or family but feels out of place in essays, business letters, or other careful writing.
Saira's English teacher warned the class against using colloquialisms in their final exam essays.
Saira 的英文老師告誡全班，期末考作文不要使用口語用法。
typical advice context: avoid colloquialisms in formal writing
"Y'all" is a Southern colloquialism that Tendai picked up during his year studying in Atlanta.
「Y'all」是美國南部的口語用法，Tendai 在亞特蘭大留學那一年學會的。
pattern: X is a colloquialism (identifying a specific informal word)
The translator struggled to render Chinese colloquialisms into natural-sounding English without losing their warmth.
這位譯者努力把中文的口語用法翻成自然的英文，又不流失原本的溫度。
Élise dropped her usual colloquialisms when speaking to the visiting ambassador at the embassy dinner.
在大使館晚宴上跟到訪的大使說話時，Élise 收起了平常的那些口語用法。
British colloquialisms like "knackered" and "chuffed" often confuse American visitors on their first trip to London.
「knackered」和「chuffed」這類英式口語用法，常讓美國人第一次到倫敦時聽得一頭霧水。
- informalism
rare technical synonym; mostly used by linguists
- everyday expression
neutral descriptive paraphrase, not a single-word equivalent
- vernacular term
stresses the local or community-bound flavour of the expression
- formalism
formal expression suitable for academic or legal writing
文法句型
a + colloquialism
colloquialism for + noun
用法筆記
Subject of 'is a colloquialism' is typically a specific quoted word or short phrase; the noun is frequently plural in advice about writing style.