| 单词 | idiom |
| 释义 | idiomidiomsidiomidiom /ˈɪdiəm/ noun [countable] a group of words that have a different meaning from the usual meaning of the separate words. For example, ‘under the weather’ is an idiom meaning ‘ill’.THESAURUS: idiomphrase a group of words that together have a particular meaning: a list of useful English words and phraseswordphrasePresident Obama used the phrase ‘Yes we can!’useexpression a phrase, especially a fixed set of words that are often used in a language: I’m not sure where the expression comes from.comeHer favourite expression was ‘It will be alright in the end.’beidiom a group of words with a special meaning that you cannot guess from each separate word in the group: ‘Under the weather’ is an idiom which means ‘ill’.bemeancliché a phrase that is boring and slightly annoying because people use it a lot: I’m tired of hearing the same old clichés about men and women.tirehearmanwomanIt’s a bit of a cliché that the English always talk about the weather.bitesaying/proverb a well-known phrase that gives advice about life: You know the saying – ‘you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.’saythe old proverb ‘a stitch in time saves nine’save |
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