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

periphrasis

/pəˈrɪfrəsɪs

noun (plural periphrases /pəˈrɪfrəsiːz/) [mass noun]

1The use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing.In order to refer to the activity denoted by the F-word, it is necessary to engage in circumlocution or periphrasis....

When Johnson refers to his mind as ‘Summus… celsa dominator [in] arce ’, the elaborate periphrasis mockingly dramatizes the blustery ‘empty force’ of his mind's pretensions.
The parodic cupid's dart is described with the maximum of periphrasis compatible with not actually disguising what the organ is, ‘a piece of flesh, the characteristic part of a barrow-pig’.

1.1 [count noun] An indirect and circumlocutory phrase: a rather pompous periphrasis...

Her dread is so great that at the end of her progress she does not even allow his name to pass her lips and uses periphrases to talk of him.
His deliberate translationese, his consciously awkward periphrases, and yes, his fart jokes suggest that all language, or all poetry, might be as artificial and arbitrary as his own: why not redo ‘Where are the snows of yesteryear?’
Homeric glosses, along with scholarly neologisms and obscure periphrases, are prominent in his poetry.

1.2 Grammar The use of separate words to express a grammatical relationship that is otherwise expressed by inflection, e.g. did go as opposed to went and more intelligent as opposed to cleverer.

Origin

Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek, from periphrazein, from peri- 'around' + phrazein 'declare'.

单词	periphrasis
释义	periphrasis /pəˈrɪfrəsɪs / noun (plural periphrases /pəˈrɪfrəsiːz/) [mass noun] 1The use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing.In order to refer to the activity denoted by the F-word, it is necessary to engage in circumlocution or periphrasis.... When Johnson refers to his mind as ‘Summus… celsa dominator [in] arce ’, the elaborate periphrasis mockingly dramatizes the blustery ‘empty force’ of his mind's pretensions. The parodic cupid's dart is described with the maximum of periphrasis compatible with not actually disguising what the organ is, ‘a piece of flesh, the characteristic part of a barrow-pig’. 1.1 [count noun] An indirect and circumlocutory phrase: a rather pompous periphrasis... Her dread is so great that at the end of her progress she does not even allow his name to pass her lips and uses periphrases to talk of him. His deliberate translationese, his consciously awkward periphrases, and yes, his fart jokes suggest that all language, or all poetry, might be as artificial and arbitrary as his own: why not redo ‘Where are the snows of yesteryear?’ Homeric glosses, along with scholarly neologisms and obscure periphrases, are prominent in his poetry. 1.2 Grammar The use of separate words to express a grammatical relationship that is otherwise expressed by inflection, e.g. did go as opposed to went and more intelligent as opposed to cleverer. Origin Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek, from periphrazein, from peri- 'around' + phrazein 'declare'.
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