| 单词 | idiom |
| 释义 | idiom (once / 2004 pages) 1n 2n 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. 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. WORD FAMILYidiom: idiomatic, idiomatical, idioms+/idiomatic: idiomatically USAGE EXAMPLESRich retrofitted the American lyric idiom to the exploration of trauma. The New Yorker(Dec 19, 2016) Now, however, it often seems astoundingly vital: No dance idiom is more overwhelmingly sensuous. New York Times(Dec 07, 2016) Unlike those choreographers, who initially rejected dance technique, Ms. Meehan insisted that highly trained dancers execute her own nonballetic idiom with refined precision. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1 1n an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up Syn|Hypo|Hyper idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, phrase, set phrase ruralism, rusticism a rural idiom or expression expression, locution, saying a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations 2n a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language Syn|Hyper parlance expression, formulation the style of expressing yourself 3n the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper accent, dialect eye dialect the use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker patoisa regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard non-standard speech speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community n the style of a particular artist or school or movement an imaginative orchestral idiom Syn|Hypo|Hyper artistic style baroque, baroqueness elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century classical stylethe artistic style of ancient Greek art with its emphasis on proportion and harmony order(architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans rococofanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century High Renaissancethe artistic style of early 16th century painting in Florence and Rome; characterized by technical mastery and heroic composition and humanistic content treatmenta manner of dealing with something artistically neoclassicismrevival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation classicalism, classicisma movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms Romantic Movement, Romanticisma movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization Dorian order, Doric orderthe oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base Ionian order, Ionic orderthe second Greek order; the capital is decorated with spiral scrolls Corinthian orderthe last Greek order; similar to the Ionic order except the capital is decorated with carvings of acanthus leaves Composite ordera Roman order that combines the Corinthian acanthus leaves with the spiral scrolls of the Ionic order Tuscan ordera Roman order that resembles the Doric order but without a fluted shaft fashion, manner, mode, style, way how something is done or how it happens |
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