【locution】在多语言下的意思、翻译、词源、用法、例句
英语(English)
词源(Etymology)
Borrowed from Latin locūtiō, locūtiōnem (“speech”), from loquor (“speak”). Compare the French cognate locution.
发音(Pronunciation)
名词(Noun)
locution (plural locutions)
- A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.
- The television show host is widely recognized for his all-too-common locutions.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest:
- Another way fathers impact sons is that sons, one their voices have changed in puberty, invariably answer the telephone with the same locutions and intonations of their fathers.
- The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
- 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
- So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".
- 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
- (religion) A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.
衍生词(Derived terms)
关联词(Related terms)
- colloquial
- colloquium
- colloquy
- eloquent
- grandiloquent
- illocution
- interlocutor
- interlocution
- loquacious
- perlocution
- soliloquy
翻译(Translations)
phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals
the use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way
supernatural revelation
来源参考(References)
- locution in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- locution in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- locution at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
词源(Etymology)
Borrowed from Latin locūtiō, locūtiōnem (“speech”), from loqui (“speak”).
发音(Pronunciation)
名词(Noun)
locution f (plural locutions)
衍生词(Derived terms)
- locution adverbiale
- locution conjonctive
查看更多(Further reading)
- “locution” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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