| 单词 | expressive style |
| 释义 | expressive style (once / 656629 pages) n WORD FAMILY expressive style USAGE EXAMPLESStill, it recognizes the potential of her expressive style. Wall Street Journal(Sep 28, 2016) The work takes the form of several short reflections on the theme of fresh starts, all grounded in her emotionally expressive style. New York Times(Mar 12, 2015) His expressive style and compositions conjure up Marc Chagall and his cartoonish portraits depict Rembrandt, Charlie Chaplin, Babe Ruth and Stephen Hawking, among many others. Seattle Times(Jan 22, 2015) n a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper style Messiah an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742 Hallel(Judaism) a chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh Hare Krishnaa chant to the Hindu god Krishna Dies Iraethe first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally `day of wrath') Internationalea revolutionary socialist anthem Te Deuman ancient liturgical hymn Magnificat(Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning `Magnificat anima mea Dominum') allegory an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor analysisthe use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father' bathostriteness or triviality of style black humor, black humourthe juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect devicesomething in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect eloquence, fluency, smoothnesspowerful and effective language euphuismany artificially elegant style of language flatnessa want of animation or brilliance expression, formulationthe style of expressing yourself grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetorichigh-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation headlineseusing the abbreviated style of headline writers jargonspecialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject journalesethe style in which newspapers are written legalesea style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law delivery, manner of speaking, speechyour characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally genre, music genre, musical genre, musical stylean expressive style of music officialesethe style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure pathosa style that has the power to evoke feelings prosematter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression rhetoricusing language effectively to please or persuade coarseness, saltinesslanguage or humor that is down-to-earth self-expressionthe expression of one's individuality (usually through creative activities) sesquipedalityusing long words tersenessa neatly short and concise expressive style turn of expression, turn of phrasea distinctive spoken or written expression veina distinctive style or manner verboseness, verbosityan expressive style that uses excessive or empty words genre, literary genre, writing stylea style of expressing yourself in writing poetryany communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling dramathe literary genre of works intended for the theater proseordinary writing as distinguished from verse sentimentalismthe excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form flourisha display of ornamental speech or language African-American music, black musicmusic created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses classical, classical music, serious musictraditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste church music, religious musicgenre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies march, marching musicgenre of music written for marching popular music, popular music genreany genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time) addressthe manner of speaking to another individual catcha break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion) Gongorisman affected elegance of style that was introduced into Spanish literature by the poet Gongora conceitan artistic device or effect doctorspeakmedical jargon ecobabbleusing the technical language of ecology to make the user seem ecologically aware Eurobabblethe jargon of European community documents and regulations gobbledygookincomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists honorifican expression of respect psychobabbleusing language loaded with psychological terminology archaicism, archaismthe use of an archaic expression boilerplatestandard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories colloquialisma colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech idiom, parlancea manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language Americanisman expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by Americans Anglicism, Briticism, Britishisman expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English) choice of words, diction, phraseology, phrasing, verbiage, wordingthe manner in which something is expressed in words tonguea manner of speaking shibboletha manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people tone, tone of voicethe quality of a person's voice elocutionan expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture inflection, prosodythe patterns of stress and intonation in a language inflection, modulationa manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified blah, bombast, claptrap, fustian, rantpompous or pretentious talk or writing luridness, sensationalismthe journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes technobabbletechnical jargon from computing and other high-tech subjects conceita witty or ingenious turn of phrase conciseness, concision, pithiness, succinctnessterseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words crispnessan expressive style that is direct and to the point brevitythe use of brief expressions laconicism, laconismterseness of expression verbalism, verbiageoverabundance of words long-windedness, prolixity, prolixness, windiness, wordinessboring verbosity ambage, circumlocution, periphrasisa style that involves indirect ways of expressing things repetitiousness, repetitivenessverboseness resulting from excessive repetitions pleonasmusing more words than necessary forman arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse poesy, poetry, verseliterature in metrical form rhetorical devicea use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) communication something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups |
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