| 释义 |
colloquially, adv.|kəˈləʊkwɪəlɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a colloquial manner; in the language of ordinary conversation.
1791Boswell Johnson 26 Oct. an. 1769, I found fault with Foote for indulging his talent of ridicule at the expence of his visitors, which I colloquially termed making fools of his company. 1845Stoddart in Encyl. Metrop. (1847) I. 103/1 In this sense the French colloquially use aux trousses. 1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 339 Europeans who colloquially say the needle points to the north.
b. In the tone of ordinary conversation (rare).
1874F. G. Lee Manuale Clericorum 113 Whilst the Psalms are not even said in monotone, but colloquially. |