language, speech, tongue, dialect, idiom, slang

名詞 idiom:

1. a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
   同義詞：parlance
2. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
   同義詞：dialect, accent
3. the style of a particular artist or school or movement
   同義詞：artistic style
4. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
   同義詞：idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase

1. An Italian idiom or custom.
   意大利習(xí)慣用語，意大利風(fēng)俗
2. Resembling or having the nature of an idiom.
   成語的類似成語的或具有成語性質(zhì)的
3. A word, a phrase, or an idiom peculiar to the English language, especially as spoken in England; a Briticism.
   英國習(xí)語，英國特有用詞，英國式的語言現(xiàn)象英語，尤其是在英語口語中所特有的單詞、短語或習(xí)慣用語; 英國式語言現(xiàn)象
4. To my knowledge, there is no such idiom in English.
   據(jù)我所知，英文里并沒有這樣的成語。

id.i.om

n.（名詞）
A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as inkeep tabs on.
成語，習(xí)語：因語法結(jié)構(gòu)特殊或無法拆開而只能依據(jù)其組成成份來解釋的語言形式或某種固定的語言表達(dá)方法，例如聚精會神
The specific grammatical, syntactic, and structural character of a given language.
特別語言現(xiàn)象：某種語言中特別的語法、句式和結(jié)構(gòu)上的特點
Regional speech or dialect.
方言，土語：某個地區(qū)的地方語言或土話

A specialized vocabulary used by a group of people; jargon:
術(shù)語：一群人使用的特定的詞匯；術(shù)語：
例句：
legal idiom.
法律術(shù)語

A style or manner of expression peculiar to a given people:
特有用語：某個民族特有的語言或行為方式：
例句：
.Also important is the uneasiness I`ve always felt at cutting myself off from my idiom, the American habits of speech and jest and reaction, all of them entirely different from the local variety.(S.J. Perelman)
.還有一點很重要，那就是我總感到把自己與我們的習(xí)俗隔絕開來很不舒服，美國人說話、開玩笑和行動的方式與當(dāng)?shù)氐娘L(fēng)俗格格不入。.(S.J.佩雷爾曼)

A style of artistic expression characteristic of a particular individual, school, period, or medium:
風(fēng)格，特色：以某個個人、學(xué)派、時代或媒介為代表的藝術(shù)風(fēng)格：
例句：
the idiom of the French impressionists; the punk rock idiom.
法國印像主義風(fēng)格；瘋狂搖滾樂風(fēng)格

來源：
Late Latin idiôma idiômat-
后期拉丁語 idiôma idiômat-
from Greek
源自 希臘語
from idiousthai [to make one`s own]
源自 idiousthai [將某物占為己有]
from idios [own, personal, private] * see s(w)e-
源自 idios [自己的，個人的，私有的] *參見 s(w)e-