The idiomatic aspect of English word combination 词汇学英语专业

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1、TheidiomaticaspectofEnglishwordcombination1.ChunksinEnglish1)ThedefinitionofchunkItisaunitoflanguagethatformsasyntacticorsemanticunitbuthasitsinternalstructureanditislongerthanaword.(oftenshorterthanasentence)2)Thefeaturesofchunklexicalinkind,phrasalinform3)Othernam

2、esofchunklexicalchunk,lexicalphrase,prefabricatedroutinesandpattern,formulaicspeech4)subtypesofchunkcollocation,idiom2.CollocationsinEnglishcollocationisthewayinwhichwordsareusedtogetherregularlyanditreferstohowwordscanbeusedtogether.e.g.greenhand,blueblood,blacktea

3、,doresearchinto,etc.collocationalknowledgeisthebasisoflanguagelearninganduse,anditisimportantforL2learners.3.IdiomsinEnglish1)DefinitionofEnglishidiomsEnglishidiomsareexpressionsthatarenotreadilyunderstandablefromtheirliteralmeaningsorindividualconstituents.Inabroad

4、sense,idiomsmayincludecolloquialisms,slangexpressionsproverbs,etc.2)Characteristicsofidiomsa.SemanticunityBeingphrasesorsentences,idiomseachconsistofatleasttwoimportantconstituentstoformasemanticunity.b.StructuralunityThestructureofidiomscannotbechangedorreplaced;th

5、eorderofwordsisset;andmanyidiomsaregrammaticallyunanalysable.c.Idiomsaremetaphoricalinhistoricaloretymologicalterms.d.Idiomsarenotjustapartofthelanguagebutalsoapartoftheculture.ExamplesofidiomsbetweenC-Eburntheboat破釜沉舟castleintheair空中楼阁aboltfromtheblue晴天霹雳hangbyahai

6、r千钧一发killtwobirdswithonestonesixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother半斤八两Talkthroughone’shatTobeaspoorasJobNeitherfishnorfowlCallaspadeaspadeHaveanaxetogrind胡言乱语家徒四壁不伦不类直言不讳别有用心pullone’slegMoveheavenandearthEatone’swordDog-eat-dog愚弄某人，开某人玩笑想方设法，千方百计承认自己说错了话残酷争夺●竭泽而渔todrainap

7、ondtocatchallthefish=killthegoosethatlaysthegoldeneggs●打草惊蛇Tostirupthegrassandalertthesnake=wakeupasleepdog●玩火自焚Togetburntbythefirekindledbyoneself=fryinone’sowngrease●挥金如土tospendmoneylikedirt=spendmoneylikewater●守口如瓶tokeepone’smouthclosedlikeabottle=keepastilltongu

8、einone’shead●画蛇添足todrawasnakeandaddfeettoit=paintthelily●无孔不入totakeadvantageofeveryweakness(togetintoeveryhole)●扬眉吐气tofeelproudandelated(t