字眼的英文

英語翻譯

字眼[zìyǎn]

-wording;diction:
playwithwords;玩弄字眼
cavilatsb.'schoiceofwords;quibble挑字眼兒

我搜腸刮肚，也沒找到個恰當?shù)淖盅?，就決定去查字典。
After fishing for the right word, I decided to look up in the dictionary.
"家" 是遠比 "住屋" 更能激起感情的字眼。
"Home" is a much more emotive word than "house".
咱們不要摳字眼，咱們看看事實吧。
Let us not split hairs over words, let us look at the facts.
你難道不能想出一個比｀好＇更恰當?shù)淖盅蹃硇稳菽愕募偃諉幔?br/>Can't you think of a better word than `nice' to describe your holiday?