Colloquial
Colloquial 是一个形容词。指的是那种在日常聊天中很自然但在正式报告或演讲中显得不合时宜的语言风格。
- “Gonna” is a colloquial form of “going to”. (“Gonna”是“going to”的口语形式。)
- His writing style is very colloquial and easy to read. (他的写作风格非常口语化且通俗易懂。)
- You should avoid using colloquial expressions in a formal essay. (在正式论文中应避免使用口语表达。)
- 前缀:
col-(一起) - 词根:
-loqu-(说) - 含义:大家在一起说的话 -> 口语。
联想 eloquent (雄辩的) 或 circumlocution (绕圈子)。它们都包含 -loqu- (说)。大家聚在“一起(col-)说”的就是 colloquial。
The foreign student was confused by the many colloquialisms his classmates used. (这位外国学生对同学们使用的许多口语表达感到困惑。)