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Definition of colloquial in English: colloquialadjective kəˈləʊkwɪəlkəˈloʊkwiəl (of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary. （语言）用于日常交谈的，口语的；非正式的，非文学的 colloquial and everyday language Example sentencesExamples - In some places the use of more colloquial language seems to work and not detract from the original gospels, but in other places it came across to me as contrived.
- Often they alone preserved the colloquial speech, the real language of everyday use.
- This is the origin of the colloquial use of ‘coconut’ to refer to one's head.
- However, until the 1920s, few local recipe books used the colloquial name, and then sometimes only as a subtitle.
- If I need to respond, I do so in colloquial English using my thickest Northern accent.
- He uses refined colloquial language with a rhythm that is light and quick, an unhesitating flow that propels the poem and carries the reader.
- She taught colloquial English at Tsuruga College in Japan at the age of 16 as part of an exchange program.
- I had four or five Chinese dialects at my disposal, phrases in colloquial English, and of course, Malay.
- Ira had a great ear for colloquial language, especially the language of sports.
- A boom is a colloquial term for an economy that is expanding above the GDP's average annual growth.
- Either it was done in a great hurry, or the translator has only a passing acquaintance with colloquial English.
- Second, the Arabic tutor will most likely be teaching you a colloquial form of Arabic rather than modern standard Arabic.
- The production cries out for a better translation than the uncredited one that veers between stilted and colloquial.
- In all these collections, Neruda turns to a simple style and colloquial language to talk about objects of everyday life.
- His highly colloquial use of the language had seemed cute at first.
- Your purchase is rational in the normal, colloquial sense of the word but not necessarily in the social science meaning.
- Her ear for colloquial phrases and conversational interplay is equally impressive.
- It is to this group of ancient hominids that the term ‘ape man’ is most commonly applied today, but the term is informal or colloquial.
- Shepard has a gift for combining lyrical description with a colloquial voice.
- The language is often colloquial and vigorous.
Synonyms informal, conversational, everyday, casual, non-literary natural, unofficial, unpretentious, familiar, chatty, friendly, idiomatic, slangy vernacular, popular, demotic
Derivativesadverb kəˈləʊkwɪəli In the language of ordinary or familiar conversation; informally. （语言）用于日常交谈的，口语的；非正式的，非文学的 the storms hit several states along a corridor colloquially referred to as ‘tornado alley’ Example sentencesExamples - Countries in permanent crisis, with the population at subsistence level, more or less chaotic, but without total civil strife, are known colloquially as ‘basket cases’.
- To find your real e-mail, you must wade through the torrent of fraud and obscenity known politely as " unsolicited bulk e-mail " and colloquially as spam.
- Unchecked, it leads to changes in posture, particularly in the form of a hunched back known colloquially as dowager's hump, and decreased mobility.
OriginMid 18th century: from Latin colloquium 'conversation' + -al. Definition of colloquial in US English: colloquialadjectivekəˈlōkwēəlkəˈloʊkwiəl (of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary. （语言）用于日常交谈的，口语的；非正式的，非文学的 colloquial and everyday language Example sentencesExamples - This is the origin of the colloquial use of ‘coconut’ to refer to one's head.
- The language is often colloquial and vigorous.
- Often they alone preserved the colloquial speech, the real language of everyday use.
- Ira had a great ear for colloquial language, especially the language of sports.
- However, until the 1920s, few local recipe books used the colloquial name, and then sometimes only as a subtitle.
- It is to this group of ancient hominids that the term ‘ape man’ is most commonly applied today, but the term is informal or colloquial.
- Shepard has a gift for combining lyrical description with a colloquial voice.
- If I need to respond, I do so in colloquial English using my thickest Northern accent.
- In some places the use of more colloquial language seems to work and not detract from the original gospels, but in other places it came across to me as contrived.
- In all these collections, Neruda turns to a simple style and colloquial language to talk about objects of everyday life.
- Her ear for colloquial phrases and conversational interplay is equally impressive.
- Your purchase is rational in the normal, colloquial sense of the word but not necessarily in the social science meaning.
- I had four or five Chinese dialects at my disposal, phrases in colloquial English, and of course, Malay.
- His highly colloquial use of the language had seemed cute at first.
- He uses refined colloquial language with a rhythm that is light and quick, an unhesitating flow that propels the poem and carries the reader.
- She taught colloquial English at Tsuruga College in Japan at the age of 16 as part of an exchange program.
- Either it was done in a great hurry, or the translator has only a passing acquaintance with colloquial English.
- The production cries out for a better translation than the uncredited one that veers between stilted and colloquial.
- A boom is a colloquial term for an economy that is expanding above the GDP's average annual growth.
- Second, the Arabic tutor will most likely be teaching you a colloquial form of Arabic rather than modern standard Arabic.
Synonyms informal, conversational, everyday, casual, non-literary
OriginMid 18th century: from Latin colloquium ‘conversation’ + -al. |