the way that somebody pronounces words 吐字；发音方式 clear diction 清晰的吐字
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the choice and use of words in literature 措辞；用语；用词 Wordsworth rejected poetic diction in favour of ordinary language. 华兹华斯拒绝诗意的措辞，而喜欢普通的语言。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting a word or phrase): from Latin dictio(n-), from dicere ‘to say’.