来自拉丁语loqui,说，词源同loquacious,circumlocution,来自PIE*tolk,说，词源可能同talk,tell.引申词义习语，惯用语。

1. The State Department continued to blow on this worn locution like a stuck whistle .

国务院也在继续使用这个老掉牙的惯用语，就象在吹一个吹不响的哨子。

2. The State Department continued to blow on this worn locution like a stuck whistle.

国务院也在继续使用这个老掉牙的惯用语,就象在吹一个吹不响的哨子.

3. In this latter situation and would never expect their designers gifted in sesquipedalian locution.

有些情况下,设计师从来不需要考虑自己写一个字.