language, speech, tongue, dialect, idiom, slang

名詞 idiom:

1. a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
   同義詞：parlance
2. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
   同義詞：dialect, accent
3. the style of a particular artist or school or movement
   同義詞：artistic style
4. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
   同義詞：idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase

1. An Italian idiom or custom.
   意大利習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)，意大利風(fēng)俗
2. Resembling or having the nature of an idiom.
   成語(yǔ)的類似成語(yǔ)的或具有成語(yǔ)性質(zhì)的
3. A word, a phrase, or an idiom peculiar to the English language, especially as spoken in England; a Briticism.
   英國(guó)習(xí)語(yǔ)，英國(guó)特有用詞，英國(guó)式的語(yǔ)言現(xiàn)象英語(yǔ)，尤其是在英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)中所特有的單詞、短語(yǔ)或習(xí)慣用語(yǔ); 英國(guó)式語(yǔ)言現(xiàn)象
4. To my knowledge, there is no such idiom in English.
   據(jù)我所知，英文里并沒(méi)有這樣的成語(yǔ)。

id.i.om

n.（名詞）
A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as inkeep tabs on.
成語(yǔ)，習(xí)語(yǔ)：因語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu)特殊或無(wú)法拆開而只能依據(jù)其組成成份來(lái)解釋的語(yǔ)言形式或某種固定的語(yǔ)言表達(dá)方法，例如聚精會(huì)神
The specific grammatical, syntactic, and structural character of a given language.
特別語(yǔ)言現(xiàn)象：某種語(yǔ)言中特別的語(yǔ)法、句式和結(jié)構(gòu)上的特點(diǎn)
Regional speech or dialect.
方言，土語(yǔ)：某個(gè)地區(qū)的地方語(yǔ)言或土話

A specialized vocabulary used by a group of people; jargon:
術(shù)語(yǔ)：一群人使用的特定的詞匯；術(shù)語(yǔ)：
例句：
legal idiom.
法律術(shù)語(yǔ)

A style or manner of expression peculiar to a given people:
特有用語(yǔ)：某個(gè)民族特有的語(yǔ)言或行為方式：
例句：
.Also important is the uneasiness I`ve always felt at cutting myself off from my idiom, the American habits of speech and jest and reaction, all of them entirely different from the local variety.(S.J. Perelman)
.還有一點(diǎn)很重要，那就是我總感到把自己與我們的習(xí)俗隔絕開來(lái)很不舒服，美國(guó)人說(shuō)話、開玩笑和行動(dòng)的方式與當(dāng)?shù)氐娘L(fēng)俗格格不入。.(S.J.佩雷爾曼)

A style of artistic expression characteristic of a particular individual, school, period, or medium:
風(fēng)格，特色：以某個(gè)個(gè)人、學(xué)派、時(shí)代或媒介為代表的藝術(shù)風(fēng)格：
例句：
the idiom of the French impressionists; the punk rock idiom.
法國(guó)印像主義風(fēng)格；瘋狂搖滾樂(lè)風(fēng)格

來(lái)源：
Late Latin idiôma idiômat-
后期拉丁語(yǔ) idiôma idiômat-
from Greek
源自 希臘語(yǔ)
from idiousthai [to make one`s own]
源自 idiousthai [將某物占為己有]
from idios [own, personal, private] * see s(w)e-
源自 idios [自己的，個(gè)人的，私有的] *參見(jiàn) s(w)e-