Word · Frequency #29262
localisms
方言词；地方语
localisms is the plural of localism.
a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality
- 1.
Attachment to or preference for a particular local place, especially the place where one lives; hence, feelings, opinions, or policies which emphasize or focus on local phenomena; (countable) an instance of this.
对某一地方(尤指家乡)的依恋或偏好；强调地方现象的情感、观点或政策；此类实例。
- 2.
A thing which is characteristic of a particular local place.
具有地方特色的事物。
- 3.
A linguistic feature such as a word or phrase that is unique to a locality.
仅见于某地的语言特征(如词语或短语)。
- 4.
An approach to understanding linguistic expressions in terms of movement and position (sometimes abstract; for example, one who is hungry is said to be in a notional "space" of hunger).
通过运动和位置(有时抽象)来理解语言表达的方法；例如饥饿者被认为处于抽象‘饥饿空间’中。
- 5.
The belief that language functions are localized to various parts of the brain.
语言功能定位于大脑不同区域的信念。
对某一地方(尤指家乡)的依恋或偏好；强调地方现象的情感、观点或政策；此类实例。；具有地方特色的事物。；仅见于某地的语言特征(如词语或短语)。；通过运动和位置(有时抽象)来理解语言表达的方法；例如饥饿者被认为处于抽象‘饥饿空间’中。；语言功能定位于大脑不同区域的信念。
In use
The guidebook listed several localisms that visitors often mispronounce.
He explained the localism to us, since we had never heard that expression before.
In that village, every localism has a story behind it.
a localism
localism 是可数名词，指某一地方特有的词、短语或发音。
That expression is a localism.
那个说法是一种地方用语。
a localism peculiar to [region]
peculiar to 表示“为……所特有”，常用于说明某个词或发音的地理来源。
This word is a localism peculiar to the island.
这个词是该岛特有的地方用语。
localisms in [area]
也可用复数 localisms 泛指某地区的所有地方用语。
Connections
Collocations
- use localisms
- 使用方言词
- She likes to use localisms when she writes about rural life.她写乡村生活时喜欢使用方言词。
- pick up localisms
- 学会方言词
- It took me months to pick up the localisms of the village.我花了几个月才学会这个村庄的方言词。
- explain a localism
- 解释方言词
- Can you explain that localism to me?你能给我解释一下那个方言词吗？
- full of localisms
- 充满方言词
- His speech is full of localisms I don't understand.他说话满是我不懂的方言词。
Synonyms
- regionalism
- 地区性词语；地方用语 · 在语言义上与 localism 几乎相等，常可互换；但 regionalism 还常指政治/文化上的“地方主义”，使用时需靠上下文限定在语言范围内。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 local（地方）+ ism（特色/主义）：指某地独有的土话或发音，可想象“老乡才懂的口头禅”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：dialect studies、linguistics 该词指某个地区特有的说法或读音，通常为中性用法，多用于语言学或方言研究等语境。
Grammar Note
指某一地方特有的短语或发音。
Pronunciation & Spelling
只有 vocalism 与 localism 真正押韵，重读元音及之后的读音相同（/-əʊkəlɪzəm/）。其余词仅拼写以 -ism 结尾并读作 /ɪzəm/，但重音和前面的元音不同，因此不押韵。特别注意 catholicism 拼写看似相近，实际读作 /kəˈθɒlɪsɪzəm/，与 localism 的读音差别很大。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.