idiom
US: /ˈɪdiəm/
UK: /ˈɪdɪəm/
UK: /ˈɪdɪəm/
English Vietnamese dictionary
idiom /'idiəm/
- danh từ
- thành ngữ
- đặc ngữ
- cách biểu diễn, cách diễn đạt (của một nhà văn...)
- Shakespeare's idiom: cách diễn đạt của Sếch-xpia
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C] a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words: 'Let the cat out of the bag' is an idiom meaning to tell a secret by mistake.
2 [U, C] (formal) the kind of language and grammar used by particular people at a particular time or place
3 [U, C] (formal) the style of writing, music, art, etc. that is typical of a particular person, group, period or place: the classical / contemporary / popular idiom
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 language, tongue, speech, vernacular, dialect, argot, patois, jargon, cant, idiolect, parlance, façon de parler, phraseology:
The play is written in a rather old-fashioned idiom.
2 expression, (set) phrase, phrasing, locution, cliché:
The term red herring, an idiom meaning 'false trail', is used of something which is neither red nor a herring.
Concise English dictionary
idioms'ɪdɪəm
noun
+a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
+the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
+the style of a particular artist or school or movement
+an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
