colloquially
adverb
uk/kəˈləʊ.kwi.ə.li/us/kəˈloʊ.kwi.ə.li/informallyand in a way that is moresuitablefor use inspeechthan in writing:
(词语或表达法)口语地,通俗语地,非正式地Colloquially referred to as a "brainattack", astrokeoccurswhen theflowofbloodto thebrainisinterrupted.俗称“脑梗”,当流向大脑的血液被中断时就会发生中风。
Jardine writesclearlyand colloquially for the non-academicreader.雅尔丁为非学术界的读者写得很清楚、很口语化。
See
colloquial
- Somepeopleaccusedthe VicePresidentofspeakingtoo colloquially.
- Hisactorstalkcolloquially andquickly, sometimes over one another.
- Sepsis, colloquiallyknownasbloodpoisoning, canoccurinresponsetoalmostanybacterialinfection.
Linguistic terms & linguistic style
- affricate
- allophone
- allophony
- anaphor
- anaphora
- chatty
- colloquial
- double entendre
- downtoner
- emphatic
- entailment
- etymological
- etymologically
- flowery
- oxymoron
- philological
- polysemy
- portmanteau word
- prescriptivism
- prescriptivist