parlance

1 in medical/advertising etc parlance EXPRESSexpressed in the words that a particular group of people would use 用医学上的/广告上的等说法[用语]

In military parlance this is known as a fast retreat.

用军事术语说，这就叫做快速撤退。

Examples from the Corpus

in medical/advertising etc parlance• What is a prognosis in medical parlance?

2 in common parlance EXPRESSexpressed in the words that most people use 用通俗的说法

These schemes are known in common parlance as ‘private pensions’.

这些方案的通俗说法是“私人养老金计划”。

Examples from the Corpus

parlance• In advertising parlance, this difference is termed a unique selling proposition, or usp.• In radio control parlance this is called the frame rate and determines how rapidly and smoothly the servo position can be updated.• It must have been in parlance in her time.• That is equivalent to the day before Thanksgiving, Black Wednesday, in industry parlance.• In medical parlance this procedure is commonly known as a career-ectomy.• But, of course, being known by another human leaves one open to incursion, to cast it in military parlance.• In the political parlance of 1992, I suppose it might be said that Mr Platt has given himself a double whammy.

Origin parlance

(1500-1600) Old French parler; → PARLEY

Chinese

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Corpus

BNC: 19083 COCA: 16974

parlance