idiom

idiom
noun
  1. a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g. over the moon, see the light)
    成语(如over the moon, see the light)
    ■[mass noun]a form of expression natural to a language, person, or group of people
    习语
    he had a feeling for phrase and idiom.
    他喜欢使用短语和习语。
    ■the dialect of a people or part of a country
    方言,土语
  2. a characteristic mode of expression in music or art
    (音乐、美术的)术语
    they were both working in a neo-Impressionist idiom.
    他们两人工作都运用新印象派术语。
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from French idiome, or via late Latin from Greek idiōma 'private property, peculiar phraseology', from idiousthai 'make one's own', from idios 'own, private'
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