释义 |
phraseologist|freɪziːˈɒlədʒɪst| [f. next + -ist.] a. One who treats of phraseology. b. A maker or user of phrases; one who uses striking or sounding phrases, esp. in an indiscriminate manner; a phrase-monger.
1713Berkeley Guardian No. 39 ⁋14 The author..is but a mere phraseologist. 1727Bailey vol. II, Phraseologist, an Explainer of elegant Expressions in a Language. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. iv. i. (1849) 201 To borrow a favorite..appellation of modern phraseologists. 1899in Westm. Gaz. 18 May 3/2 There is something..which in time perverts its advocate into a mere phraseologist. |