locution
/ləʊˈkjuːʃən/noun
1
- a word or phrase, especially with regard to style or idiom措辞; 惯用语。
1.1
- mass noun a person's style of speech个人言语风格：
his impeccable locution.
他说话滴水不漏。
2
- an utterance regarded in terms of its intrinsic meaning or reference, as distinct from its function or purpose in context内在涵义话语（指从其内在意义的角度考虑的话语, 有别于话语的功能和目的）。比较ILLOCUTION, PERLOCUTION.
2.1
- mass noun language regarded in terms of locutionary rather than illocutionary or perlocutionary acts表述性语言（指非施为性或成事性的语言）。
派生词
locutionary
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin locutio（n-）, from loqui 'speak'.