idiom
n. 成语，习语；土话
n.
习语，成语；方言，土语；（语言）风格；惯用语法
变形
复数：idioms
双语释义
n.(名词)[C]习语,成语 a group of words with a special meaning
[U](在语言等方面所表现的)风格,特色 use of language peculiar to a period or an individual
英英释义
idiom[ 'idiəm ]
n.
a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
同义词：parlance
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
同义词：dialectaccent
the style of a particular artist or school or movement
"an imaginative orchestral idiom"
同义词：artistic style
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
同义词：idiomatic expressionphrasal idiomset phrasephrase
同近义词辨析
speech, laguage, tongue, slang, dialect, idiom这组词都有“语言”的意思，其区别是：
speech特指人的口语，也指正式的讲话。
laguage普通用词，含义广。指人的语言或文字，或动物的语言。既可指口头或书面语言，也可指手势语等。
tongue书面用词，指人的语言，亦指人的母语。
slang指俚语。
dialect指一种语言中，某一地方所特有的语言形式，即方言。
idiom指一种语言中一般由几个词结合成短语或句子的特殊表达方式，即惯用语、成语。也指方言。
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
This idiom cannot be translated literally.
这个成语无法照字面翻译。
From that story comes the idiom "Draw a snake and add feet to it".
“画蛇添足”这个成语就是从这个故事来的。
"Let the cat out of the bag"is an idiom meaning to tell a secret by mistake.
“让猫从袋子里跑出来”是惯用语，意思是无意中泄露秘密。
He spoke in the idiom of the New England countryside.
他讲新英格兰乡下的方言。
I like the idiom of modern popular music.
我喜欢现代流行音乐的风格。
It was an old building in the local idiom.
这是一座具有当地特色的古建筑。
权威例句
Idiom structure in EnglishIdiom structure in English /
The idiom of co-operation
Metaphor in Idiom Comprehension ☆
The idiom principle and the open choice principle
Frontmatter : Idiom Structure in English
Intertextuality: The new critical idiom
How to kick the bucket and not decompose: Analyzability and idiom processing.
Grasping Ideas with the Motor System: Semantic Somatotopy in Idiom Comprehension
Why India Cannot Plan Its Cities: Informality, Insurgence and the Idiom of Urbanization
idiom (n.)
1580s, "form of speech peculiar to a people or place," from Middle French idiome (16c.) and directly from Late Latin idioma "a peculiarity in language," from Greek idioma "peculiarity, peculiar phraseology," from idioumai "to appropriate to oneself," from idios "personal, private," properly "particular to oneself," from PIE *swed-yo-, suffixed form of root *s(w)e-, pronoun of the third person and reflexive (referring back to the subject of a sentence), also used in forms denoting the speaker's social group, "(we our-)selves" (cognates: Sanskrit svah, Avestan hva-, Old Persian huva "one's own," khva-data "lord," literally "created from oneself;" Greek hos "he, she, it;" Latin suescere "to accustom, get accustomed," sodalis "companion;" Old Church Slavonic svoji "his, her, its," svojaku "relative, kinsman;" Gothic swes "one's own;" Old Norse sik "oneself;" German Sein; Old Irish fein "self, himself"). Meaning "phrase or expression peculiar to a language" is from 1620s.
1. There are several variants of this idiom.
这种习惯用法有多种不同的变体。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
2. This is a simple, direct, and useful interaction idiom.
这是一种简单、直接并有用的交互习惯用法。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
3. If you cannot intuit an idiom, neither can you reason it out.
如果我们不能直觉地理解习惯用法，那么我们同样也无法通过推理理解。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
4. We even have a well-established idiom to support this: The Undo function.
我们甚至已经有了一个非常好的习惯用法，即撤销是删除修改的合适功能。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
5. The idiom has other problems, too.
此外，这个习惯用法还有其他问题。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
6. The sequence of events implied by such an idiom is called object verb ordering.
由这种习惯用法产生的事件的序列，我们将其叫做“对象—动词次序”。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
7. (Thankfully, the idiom is very effective.)
但它非常有效，证明了基于习惯用法的界面设计的有效性。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
8. The mouse is certainly a good idiom in that regard.
好的习惯用法只学习一次，就此而言，鼠标当然是一个好的习惯用法。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
9. Is it when a new idiom is measurably better?
只有当证明了一个新的习惯用法更好时吗？
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
10. The toolbar idiom has been demonstrably effective and convenient.
实践中证明，工具栏习惯用法既方便又有效。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
idiom
