1570s, "speaking, speech," especially in debate; 1787 as "way of speaking," from Anglo-French (c. 1300) and Old French parlance, from Old French parlaunce, from parler "to speak" (see parley).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The term " meta directory " came into industry parlance two years ago.
兩年前,商業(yè)界開(kāi)始用 “ 元目錄 ” 這個(gè)術(shù)語(yǔ).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. The phrase is common diplomatic parlance for spying.
這種說(shuō)法是指代間諜行為的常用外交辭令。
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. Peter, in common parlance , won't work if he possibly can avoid it.
說(shuō)白了,彼得只要能躲得過(guò)去, 他就不工作.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. The rapid development of Internet prepares the ground for the network parlance.