字眼的英文

英语翻译

字眼[zìyǎn]

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

我搜肠刮肚，也没找到个恰当的字眼，就决定去查字典。
After fishing for the right word, I decided to look up in the dictionary.
"家" 是远比 "住屋" 更能激起感情的字眼。
"Home" is a much more emotive word than "house".
咱们不要抠字眼，咱们看看事实吧。
Let us not split hairs over words, let us look at the facts.
你难道不能想出一个比｀好＇更恰当的字眼来形容你的假日吗？
Can't you think of a better word than `nice' to describe your holiday?