英语词汇“turn of phrase”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. Manner or style of expression, esp. that peculiar to a language, author, work, etc.; characteristic mode of expression; diction, phraseology, language. Now esp. in turn of phrase.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > style of an author, period, or work

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languagec1350

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phrase1530

idiosyncrasy1839

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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 39 Of the differences of phrasys betwene our tong and the frenche tong... The phrasys of our tong and theyrs differeth chefely in thre thynges.

β. 1533 W. Tyndale Souper of Lorde f. 16 To ete Crystis flesshe .&c. aftyr the comon phrayse of the scripture, is not els, then to beleue that Cryste suffred dethe, and shede hys blode for vs.1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance Pref. aii^v Conforme the style therof with the phrase of our englishe.1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 27^v, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) From Powels I went, to Aeton sent, To learne straightwayes, the Latine phrayes.a1600 A. Montgomerie Sonnets xliv Ȝit, as I dar, my deutie sall be done With more affectione nor with formall phrais.?1606 M. Drayton Eglog iv, in Poemes sig. D7^v These men..press into the learned troope With filed phraze to dignifie their name.1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 3 The Bible is rather translated into English Words, than into English Phrase. The Hebraisms are kept, and the Phrase of that Language is kept.1774 T. Warton Hist Eng. Poetry (1840) II. vi. 6 Adam Davie writes in a less intelligible phrase than many..antient bards.?1779 B. Franklin Let. in Paris, 1776–85 934 A new version [of the Bible], in which, preserving the sense, the turn of phrase and manner of expression should be modern.1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms iv. 619 Her Mary tells in simple phrase Of wildest perils in former days.1882 A. W. Ward Dickens vii. 205 The supreme felicity of phrase in which he has no equal.1923 Nation (N.Y.) 17 Jan. 75 [The essay] on Antony and Cleopatra is Hazlittian in its enthusiasm and its opulence of phrase.1951 R. Postgate Life G. Lansbury xxi. 289 He..had a roughness of phrase, a shortness of temper and an overbearingness of manner, which [etc.].1995 I. Banks Whit xx. 335 Uncle Mo still did not seem particularly drunk..and his turn of phrase—tricky and ill-cambered at the best of times—seemed to be tightening.

a. turn of phrase: a particular or characteristic manner of expression.

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1688 J. Phillips tr. Du Vignau Turkish Secretary 5 With these Selams one cannot act so freely in the search of some quaint turn of Phrase, or of some new Expression which the Wit and Hearts of Lovers may Suggest.

?1779 B. Franklin Let. in Paris, 1776–85 934 A new version [of the Bible], in which, preserving the sense, the turn of phrase and manner of expression should be modern.

1888 Church Times 20 Apr. 341/3 Parodies of his [sc. Matthew Arnold's] most studied turns of phrase.

1986 R. E. Harris Silent Shore (1989) xviii. 184 I really do look forward to your letters. They're so vivid; you have a nice turn of phrase and the dialogue's superb.

2017 Prospect Oct. 88/1 One has to admire a catchy turn of phrase delivered off the cuff.

单词	turn of phrase
释义	> as lemmas turn of phrase 1. Manner or style of expression, esp. that peculiar to a language, author, work, etc.; characteristic mode of expression; diction, phraseology, language. Now esp. in turn of phrase. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > style of an author, period, or work stylec1330 languagec1350 vein1522 phrase1530 idiosyncrasy1839 α. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 39 Of the differences of phrasys betwene our tong and the frenche tong... The phrasys of our tong and theyrs differeth chefely in thre thynges. β. 1533 W. Tyndale Souper of Lorde f. 16 To ete Crystis flesshe .&c. aftyr the comon phrayse of the scripture, is not els, then to beleue that Cryste suffred dethe, and shede hys blode for vs.1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance Pref. aii^v Conforme the style therof with the phrase of our englishe.1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 27^v, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) From Powels I went, to Aeton sent, To learne straightwayes, the Latine phrayes.a1600 A. Montgomerie Sonnets xliv Ȝit, as I dar, my deutie sall be done With more affectione nor with formall phrais.?1606 M. Drayton Eglog iv, in Poemes sig. D7^v These men..press into the learned troope With filed phraze to dignifie their name.1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 3 The Bible is rather translated into English Words, than into English Phrase. The Hebraisms are kept, and the Phrase of that Language is kept.1774 T. Warton Hist Eng. Poetry (1840) II. vi. 6 Adam Davie writes in a less intelligible phrase than many..antient bards.?1779 B. Franklin Let. in Paris, 1776–85 934 A new version [of the Bible], in which, preserving the sense, the turn of phrase and manner of expression should be modern.1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms iv. 619 Her Mary tells in simple phrase Of wildest perils in former days.1882 A. W. Ward Dickens vii. 205 The supreme felicity of phrase in which he has no equal.1923 Nation (N.Y.) 17 Jan. 75 [The essay] on Antony and Cleopatra is Hazlittian in its enthusiasm and its opulence of phrase.1951 R. Postgate Life G. Lansbury xxi. 289 He..had a roughness of phrase, a shortness of temper and an overbearingness of manner, which [etc.].1995 I. Banks Whit xx. 335 Uncle Mo still did not seem particularly drunk..and his turn of phrase—tricky and ill-cambered at the best of times—seemed to be tightening. extracted from phrasen. turn of phrase a. turn of phrase: a particular or characteristic manner of expression. ΚΠ 1688 J. Phillips tr. Du Vignau Turkish Secretary 5 With these Selams one cannot act so freely in the search of some quaint turn of Phrase, or of some new Expression which the Wit and Hearts of Lovers may Suggest. ?1779 B. Franklin Let. in Paris, 1776–85 934 A new version [of the Bible], in which, preserving the sense, the turn of phrase and manner of expression should be modern. 1888 Church Times 20 Apr. 341/3 Parodies of his [sc. Matthew Arnold's] most studied turns of phrase. 1986 R. E. Harris Silent Shore (1989) xviii. 184 I really do look forward to your letters. They're so vivid; you have a nice turn of phrase and the dialogue's superb. 2017 Prospect Oct. 88/1 One has to admire a catchy turn of phrase delivered off the cuff. extracted from turnn. < as lemmas
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