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单词 colloquial
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Examples of 'colloquial' in a sentence
colloquial

Students can always switch to more colloquial language when they talk.Their rejection of lofty objectivity, use of humour and colloquial language went with the grain of the times.I think that that accounts to a large degree for the big difference between the classical and colloquial languages.Or, to use the colloquial name, anoraks.The colloquial term of abuse for the people who run football is'the blazers '.

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colloquial

British English: colloquial ADJECTIVE
Colloquial words and phrases are informal and are used mainly in conversation.
...a colloquial expression.
  • American English: colloquial
  • Brazilian Portuguese: coloquial
  • Chinese: 口语的
  • European Spanish: coloquial
  • French: familier
  • German: umgangssprachlich
  • Italian: familiare
  • Japanese: 口語の
  • Korean: 구어체의
  • European Portuguese: coloquial
  • Latin American Spanish: coloquial

(adjective) 
Definition
suitable for informal speech or writing
He converses in colloquial Japanese as easily as in English.
Synonyms
informal
She is refreshingly informal.
familiar
the comfortable, familiar atmosphere
everyday
an exhilarating escape from the drudgery of everyday life
vernacular
dialects such as black vernacular English
conversational
What is refreshing is the author's easy, conversational style.
demotic
his command of demotic American speech
idiomatic
She soon acquired a remarkable command of idiomatic English.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of conversational
Definition
resembling informal spoken language
What is refreshing is the author's easy, conversational style.
Synonyms
chatty,
informal,
communicative,
colloquial
in the sense of demotic
his command of demotic American speech
Synonyms
colloquial,
familiar,
informal,
everyday,
vernacular,
conversational,
idiomatic
in the sense of everyday
Definition
suitable for or used on ordinary days
an exhilarating escape from the drudgery of everyday life
Synonyms
ordinary,
common,
usual,
familiar,
conventional,
routine,
dull,
stock,
accustomed,
customary,
commonplace,
mundane,
vanilla (slang),
banal,
habitual,
run-of-the-mill,
unimaginative,
workaday,
unexceptional,
bog-standard (British, Irish, slang),
common or garden (informal),
dime-a-dozen (informal),
wonted

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