1N-COUNT [usually singular](音乐、舞蹈、建筑的)风格,特色 A particular idiom is a particular style of something such as music, dance, or architecture. (音乐、舞蹈、建筑的)风格,特色 [formal]
McCartney was also keen to write in a classical idiom, rather than a pop one.
麦卡特尼也热衷于古典风格而不是通俗风格的创作。
It was an old building in the local idiom.
那是一座具有当地风格的古建筑。
2N-COUNT 习语;成语 An idiom is a group of words which have a different meaning when used together from the one they would have if you took the meaning of each word separately. 习语;成语 [technical]
Proverbs and idioms may become worn with overuse.
谚语和习语会由于使用过多而变得俗套。
She is, in fact, a perfect illustration of the French idiom 'to be comfortable in one's own skin.'