| 单词 | periphrasis |
| 释义 | periphrasis From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishLiterature, Grammarperiphrasispe‧riph‧ra‧sis /pəˈrɪfrəsɪs/ noun (plural periphrases /-siːz/) [countable, uncountable]1 AL formal when someone uses long words or phrases that are not necessary2 technicalSLG the use of auxiliary words instead of inflected forms —periphrastic /ˌperəˈfræstɪk◂/ adjectiveOrigin periphrasis (1500-1600) Latin Greek, from periphrazein “to express in a periphrastic way” |
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