| 单词 | parlance |
| 释义 | parlance (pɑːʳləns ) uncountable noun [usually in NOUN] You use parlance when indicating that the expression you are using is normally used by a particular group of people. [formal] The phrase is common diplomatic parlance for spying. To put it in business parlance, it's a lose-lose situation. Synonyms: language, talk, speech, tongue Collocations: everyday parlance In everyday parlance, we often speak of feeling depressed. Times,Sunday Times It has since entered everyday parlance to suggest general indecisiveness. Times, Sunday Times In everyday parlance, 'perennial' has come to mean 'herbaceous perennial' - a soft-stemmed plant, the top growth of which dies down in autumn but bursts into life again in spring. Times, Sunday Times And he has little truck with what, in modern parlance, would be called 'image'. Times, Sunday Times He that hath ears to hear, let him hear; or in modern parlance, enjoy. Times,Sunday Times They were, in modern parlance, a 'mid-table' side. Times, Sunday Times Some isms live on in modern parlance, while others wither. Times, Sunday Times In modern parlance: we blow it off. Christianity Today |
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