phrase

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/|[ˈfɹʷeɪ̯z]|/ˈfɹɛjz/|[ˈfɹʷɛjz]    /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/|[ˈfɹʷeɪ̯z]|/ˈfɹæɪ̯z/|[ˈfɹʷæ̝ɪ̯z]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short written or spoken expression.
    — I've made progress, but this is still, in Churchill's phrase, just "the end of the beginning."
  2. A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.
    — Holonyms: clause, sentence; phrasing, phraseology, turn of phrase; phrase-book; document, message; language; communication
  3. A small section of music in a larger piece.
  4. A mode or form of speech; diction; expression. archaic
    — Thou speak'st / In better phrase and matter than thou didst.
  5. A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.
动词 v.
  1. To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words. transitive
    — I wasn't sure how to phrase my condolences without sounding patronising.
  2. To perform (a passage) with a particular phrasing. intransitive,transitive
  3. To divide into melodic phrases. transitive

词形变化

phrases plural phrases present,singular,third-person phrasing participle,present phrased participle,past phrased past

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrázō, “to tell, express”).
词源 2
Borrowed from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrázō, “to tell, express”).
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