/ 5IdIEm; `IdIEm/ n 1 [C] phrase or sentence whose meaning is not clear from the meaning of its individual words and which must be learnt as a whole unit 習語; 成語; 慣用語, 如 give way, a change of heart, be hard put to it: The English language has many idioms. 英語有很多慣用語. 2 [U] (a) language or dialect of a people or country某民族或某國家之語言或方言: the French idiom 法語. (b) use of language that is typical of or natural to speakers of a particular language （操某語言者典型的或自然的）語言用法. (c) use of language peculiar to a period or an individual （某時期或某人特有的）語言用法: Shakespeare's idiom 莎士比亞的語言風格.
idiomatic
/ 9IdIE5mAtIk; 9IdIE`mAtIk/ adj (a) in accordance with the particular nature or structure of a language, dialect, etc 符合某壹語言或方言等的習慣或特點的: She speaks fluent and idiomatic French. 她說得壹口又流利又地道的法語. (b) containing an idiom or idioms 含有習語的: an idiomatic expression, language 固定詞組、 成語多的語言.
idiomatically
/ -klI; klI/ adv.