n. 语言表达方式, 语言风格

[ noun ]
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
<noun.communication>
pardon the expression

Locution \Lo*cu"tion\ (l[-o]*k[=u]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. locutio, fr.
loqui to speak: cf. F. locution. ]
Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.
`` Stumbling locutions.'' --G. Eliot.

I hate these figures in locution,
These about phrases forced by ceremony. --Marston.