• n. 說話風格；慣用語

來自拉丁語loqui,說，詞源同loquacious,circumlocution,來自PIE*tolk,說，詞源可能同talk,tell.引申詞義習語，慣用語。

locution (n.)

"style of speech," early 15c., from Latin locutionem (nominative locutio) "a speaking, speech, discourse; way of speaking," noun of action from past participle stem of loqui "to speak," from PIE root *tolk(w)- (cognates: Old Irish ad-tluch- "to thank," to-tluch- "to ask;" Old Church Slavonic tloko "interpretation, explanation"). Related: Locutionary.

1. The State Department continued to blow on this worn locution like a stuck whistle .

國務院也在繼續使用這個老掉牙的慣用語，就象在吹一個吹不響的哨子。

來自辭典例句

2. The State Department continued to blow on this worn locution like a stuck whistle.

國務院也在繼續使用這個老掉牙的慣用語,就象在吹一個吹不響的哨子.

來自辭典例句

3. In this latter situation and would never expect their designers gifted in sesquipedalian locution.

有些情況下,設計師從來不需要考慮自己寫一個字.

來自互聯網