col-, 强调。-loq, 说话，词源同locution, loquacious.

1. It's hard to understand the colloquial idioms of a foreign language.

外语里的口头习语很难懂.

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2. They have little acquaintance with colloquial English.

他们对英语会话几乎一窍不通.

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3. " Movie " is a colloquial word for " moving picture " .

movie是moving picture 的口语体.

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4. His stumbling attempts at colloquial Russian amused her.

他结结巴巴地学说俄语，把她逗乐了。

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5. These words sound too literary to give them colloquial currency.

这些词文绉绉的,不能作为口语使用.

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