idiom英语解释

his friends will think less of him he is low on the totem pole翻译为：他的朋友们很少想起他，他身份卑微，名不见经传。on the totem pole就是形容身份很低的。来历：图腾是部落族室用来信奉自然的一个寄托。图腾对于他们就是种信仰，很高很大，很尊重敬重。对他们他们来说，所有别的人在图腾面前都是矮小的，微不足道的。可以想象，一个人站在高大图腾面前是很矮的。在部落人眼里，不仅身高矮，你的身份和你面前的图腾相比也只是低贱，卑微的。所以 这句话就形容这个人在别人心里没那么重要，所以想不起他来。

A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elementskeep tabs is an idiom 聚精会神是一句成语A style of artistic expression characteristic of a particular individual, school, period, or mediumthe idiom of the French impressionists; the punk rock idiom.法国印像主义风格；疯狂摇滚乐风格

IDM是idiom的缩略语，意思是成语。

英 ['ɪdiəm]  美 ['ɪdiəm]

n. 成语；惯用语；方言；风格；特色

例句：This idiom cannot be translated literally.

翻译：这个成语无法照字面翻译。

近义词

dialect

英 ['daɪəlekt]  美 ['daɪəlekt]

n. 方言；地方话

例句：She speaks a dialect, not the Queen's English.

翻译：她说一口方言，不是标准英语。

短语：write in dialect 用方言写作

english explaination:1. A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in keep tabs on.2. Regional speech or dialect.例句：Each idiom in our dictionary is illustrated with a sentence. 我们词典中的每一个习语都有一个例句说明。The idiom "one's ewe lamb" fell from the Bible. “最珍爱的东西”这个成语出自《圣经》。