phrase
英 [freɪz]
美 [freɪz]
n. 短语; 词组; 成语; 习语; 惯用法; 警句; 乐句; 乐节
v. (以某种方式)表达,措辞,推敲; 划分乐句,分乐节(尤指为奏乐或歌唱)
复数:phrases 过去分词:phrased 过去式:phrased 现在分词:phrasing 第三人称单数:phrases
Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2081 / COCA.2589
习惯用语
n.
- to coin a phraseto coin a phrasea turn of phrase
- 措辞;表达方式;描述方式
a particular way of describing sth
牛津词典
noun
- 短语;词组
a group of words without a finite verb, especially one that forms part of a sentence. ‘the green car’ and ‘on Friday morning’ are phrases . - 成语;习语;惯用法;警句
a group of words which have a particular meaning when used together- a memorable phrase
易记的警句 - She was, in her own favourite phrase, ‘a woman without a past’.
用她自己最喜欢的字眼说,她是个“没有不清白过去的女人”。
- a memorable phrase
- 乐句;乐节
a short series of notes that form a unit within a longer passage in a piece of music
verb
- (以某种方式)表达,措辞,推敲
to say or write sth in a particular way- a carefully phrased remark
措辞谨慎的话语 - I agree with what he says, but I'd have phrased it differently.
我赞同他说的,但我会以不同的方式表述。 - Her order was phrased as a suggestion.
她的命令措辞好像是一项建议。
- a carefully phrased remark
- 划分乐句,分乐节(尤指为奏乐或歌唱)
to divide a piece of music into small groups of notes; to play or sing these in a particular way, especially in an effective way
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 惯用法;成语;习语;警句
Aphraseis a short group of words that people often use as a way of saying something. The meaning of a phrase is often not obvious from the meaning of the individual words in it.- He used a phrase I hate: 'You have to be cruel to be kind.'
他说了一句我讨厌的话:“要想善良,就得残忍。” - ...the American phrase 'laying an egg' meaning to fail at something.
意思是“完全失败”的美国习语 laying an egg
- He used a phrase I hate: 'You have to be cruel to be kind.'
- N-COUNT 词组;短语
Aphraseis a small group of words which forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence.- It is impossible to hypnotise someone simply by saying a particular word or phrase.
不可能仅通过说某个词或短语就能把人催眠。
- It is impossible to hypnotise someone simply by saying a particular word or phrase.
- VERB 用语言表达;叙述
If youphrasesomething in a particular way, you express it in words in that way.- I would have phrased it quite differently...
我本可以把它表述得全然不同。 - The speech was carefully phrased...
该演讲措词严谨。 - They phrased it as a question.
他们用提问的方式来表述它。
- I would have phrased it quite differently...
- 罗斯的故事写得不错,她的语言表达形象生动。 → see:Rose's stories weren't bad; she had a nice turn of phrase.
英英释义
noun
- dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
- an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
- a short musical passage
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
verb
- divide, combine, or mark into phrases
- phrase a musical passage
- put into words or an expression
- He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
双语例句
- The phrase is loaded with irony.
此语满含讽刺意味。 - They phrased it as a question.
他们用提问的方式来表述它。 - That phrase has come into usage.
那个短语已为大家所惯用。 - She thought in both languages, and selected the most apposite phrase from either.
她用两种语言思考,然后从中选择最贴切的一种表达。 - I would have phrased it quite differently
我本可以把它表述得全然不同。 - We bought a Danish phrase book.
我买了一本丹麦常用语手册。 - He used a phrase I hate: 'You have to be cruel to be kind.'
他说了一句我讨厌的话:“要想善良,就得残忍。” - This phrase serves as a connecting link between the preceding and the following.
这个短语起到了承上启下的作用。 - A phrase is a group of words.
短语是词的组合。 - The phrase was not meant to be taken seriously.
此话不必当真。