colloquial

adj.

1. 会话的；口语的
   used in conversation but not in formal speech or writing

1. ADJ-GRADED 口语的;会话的
   Colloquial words and phrases are informal and are used mainly in conversation.
   1. ...a colloquial expression...
      口语表达
   2. His stumbling attempts at colloquial Russian amused her.
      他结结巴巴地学说俄语，把她逗乐了。

1. His stumbling attempts at colloquial Russian amused her.
   他结结巴巴地学说俄语，把她逗乐了。
2. You should use colloquial language but avoid being glib, he said.
   他说：你应该使用口语化语言，但要避免肤浅的油腔滑调。
3. It was, however, common usage several centuries ago, and it still exists in colloquial English now.
   然而，在很多个世纪以前，这种用法非常常见，而在今天的英语口语中，也依然存在。
4. The vocabulary can be colloquial and formal depending on the sitcom you watch.
   所学词汇可以是通俗口语性的，也可以是正式体的，取决于你所观看的情景剧的场景。
5. To use this expression is not offensive, but language is very colloquial.
   使用这个表达不会很冒犯别人，但是这种说法是非常口语化的。
6. Another good source is advertisements or menus, which tend to use short, colloquial text.
   广告和菜单也很不错，因为它们都使用了简短而通俗的词句。
7. This brilliant, caustic, rambling satire is written in a colloquial style.
   这篇光辉的，刻薄的，但很松散的讽刺叙事诗是以一种通俗的口语体写的。
8. Colloquial expressions and even slang may be found in standard dictionaries but will be so identified.
   俗语甚至俚语都可能在标准字典中查到，但是字典中会标明它们的性质。
9. And of course, being a typical American, he automatically uses a very colloquial American English.
   当然了，作为一个典型的美国人，他自然而然地使用了美国式英语的口语。
10. We can provide a favorable opportunity to students to practise their colloquial.
    我们能为学生提供良好的练习口语的机会。
11. His English then was fluent but not colloquial.
    他的英语讲得很流利，但不够口语化。
12. Of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use.
    一种基于口语应用的现代希腊语形式，或与之有关。
13. When reading, I'm always confused with idioms, slang and colloquial words.
    在阅读中，我总是弄不清惯用语、俚语和口语词汇。
14. There's a kind of colloquial clarity and confidence, quite different from the vernacular language in the Hardy poems I was just reading, which are also poems of the countryside.
    有一种口语式的清晰和自信，与哈迪诗中的地方语言十分不同，我也在阅读关于乡村的诗歌。
15. English slang is a new kind of youth language which is more colloquial and abbreviated.
    英语俚语是一种年轻人喜欢使用的非正式的、更简短的语言类型。
16. This thesis is an overall and systematic study of the colloquial words in the Ming dynasty's literary sketches.
    本文是对明代笔记小说俗语词进行的全面系统的整理研究。
17. Wrote her letters in a colloquial style; the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English.
    她以通俗的风格写信；会话体英语不规范的语法和随便的发音。
18. The language of the poem is colloquial, yet it is deep in its understanding of human emotions.
    诗的语言虽然很通俗，但对人的感情的揭示却有深度。
19. The words "work" and "power" are often confused or interchanged in colloquial use.
    在日常口语中，功和功率常被混淆或相互作用。
20. Compared to the formal letter, a note is more colloquial, and omissions are often used.
    跟正规的书信相比较，便条的语言更为口语化，而且，经常运用省略。
21. He paraphrased a speech in colloquial English.
    他用通俗英语意译了一篇演讲稿。
22. Use of colloquial adjectives and avoid the use of formal words.
    用口语化形容词，避免太正式的用词。
23. The language of this poem is colloquial, but it is deep in the understanding of human emotions.
    这首诗语言通俗，但是它对人类感情的揭示却很有深度。
24. The folk customs in Min dialect areas breed and develop the local colloquial languages.
    研究海南闽方言与民俗关系，得出闽方言区民俗孕育和产生了闽方言俗语。
25. ( colloquial) violent and excited activity.
    （口语）激烈和兴奋的活动。
26. This is a colloquial expression.
    这是通俗的口语表达哦。
27. Since my colloquial English is not good, I try my best practising everyday.
    我的英语口语不好，所以我尽力每天去练习。
28. Usually I preserve those colloquial expressions so people can get into the situation of listening to the speaker.
    通常我之所以保留这些口语化的表达，是为了让大家能够进入聆听演讲者的情状。
29. These stories are told in colloquial and everyday language.
    这些故事是用日常口语体语言叙述的。
30. With these idioms and expressions, anyone can express abstract ideas in a colloquial manner.
    有了这些俗语和表达，任何人都可以用一个通俗的方式来表达一些抽象的意思。

  oral colloquial spoken verbal【导航词义：口头的，口语的】

  oral adj. 口头的，口述的

〔辨析〕指用口头方式进行表达、交流的。

  colloquial adj. 口语的，会话的

〔辨析〕指语言或词汇主要用于非正式会话的。

  spoken adj. 口语的

〔辨析〕指口头表达或交流的，通常只限于语言方面。

  verbal adj. 口头的

〔辨析〕强调只通过口头表达的。

adj

1. characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
   1. wrote her letters in a colloquial style
   2. the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English

   Synonym:    conversational