locution

英 [lə'kjuːʃn] 美 [lə'kjuːʃn]

• n. 说话风格；惯用语

英英释义

Noun:

1. a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations;

   "pardon the expression"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The State Department continued to blow on this worn locution like a stuck whistle.
   国务院也在继续使用这个老掉牙的惯用语，就象在吹一个吹不响的哨子。

经典引文

• Critical prose, like the prose of business letters, has its set locutions and inevitable rhythms.

  出自： J. Updike

近反义词

【近义词】

• expression 表情
• saying 谚语