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单词 phrase
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phrase

noun
 
/freɪz/
/freɪz/
Idioms
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  1.  
    a group of words that have a particular meaning when used together
    • a memorable/catchy phrase
    • ‘Start slowly’ is the key phrase for the first-time marathon runner.
    • She was, in her own favourite phrase, ‘a woman without a past’.
    • colourful words and phrases
    see also catchphrase, set phrase
    Extra Examples
    • He just comes out with the same old stock phrases.
    • Her unfortunate choice of phrase offended most of the audience.
    • In 1998, he trademarked the phrase ‘Freedom of Expression’.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • colloquial
    • idiomatic
    • key
    verb + phrase
    • employ
    • turn
    • use
    phrase + noun
    • book
    preposition
    • in a/​the phrase
    phrases
    • a choice of phrase
    • a turn of phrase
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  2.  
    (grammar) a small group of words (usually without a finite verb) that together have a particular meaning and that typically form part of a sentence. ‘the green car’ and ‘on Friday morning’ are phrases.
    • a two-word phrase
    Synonyms wordword
    • term
    • phrase
    • expression
    • idiom
    These are all words for a unit of language used to express something.
    • word a single unit of language that means something and can be spoken or written:
      • Do not write more than 200 words.
      • He uses a lot of long words.
    • term (rather formal) a word or phrase used as the name of something, especially one connected with a particular type of language:
      • technical/​legal/​scientific terms
      • ‘Old man’ is a slang term for ‘father’.
    • phrase a group of words that have a particular meaning when used together:
      • Who coined the phrase ‘fake news’?
      In grammar, a phrase is 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.
    • expression a word or phrase:
      • He tends to use a lot of slang expressions that I’ve never heard before.
    • idiom a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words:
      • ‘Let the cat out of the bag’ is an idiom meaning to tell a secret by mistake.
    Patterns
    • a word/​term for something
    • a new word/​term/​phrase/​expression
    • a technical/​colloquial word/​term/​phrase/​expression
    • a slang word/​term/​phrase
    • an idiomatic phrase/​expression
    • to use a(n) word/​term/​phrase/​expression/​idiom
    • to coin a(n) word/​term/​phrase/​expression
    • a(n) word/​term/​phrase/​expression/​idiom means something
    see also noun phraseTopics Languagea1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • colloquial
    • idiomatic
    • key
    verb + phrase
    • employ
    • turn
    • use
    phrase + noun
    • book
    preposition
    • in a/​the phrase
    phrases
    • a choice of phrase
    • a turn of phrase
    See full entry
  3. (music) a short series of notes that form a unit within a longer passage in a piece of music
  4. Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘style or manner of expression’): via late Latin from Greek phrasis, from phrazein ‘declare, tell’.
Idioms
to coin a phrase
  1. used to introduce a well-known expression that you have changed slightly in order to be funny
    • Tasting is believing, to coin a phrase! (= the usual phrase is ‘seeing is believing’).
  2. used to show that you are aware that you are using an expression that is not new
    • Oh well, no news is good news, to coin a phrase.
a turn of phrase
  1. a particular way of describing something
    • He is meticulous in his choice of words and turns of phrase.

phrase

verb
/freɪz/
/freɪz/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they phrase
/freɪz/
/freɪz/
he / she / it phrases
/ˈfreɪzɪz/
/ˈfreɪzɪz/
past simple phrased
/freɪzd/
/freɪzd/
past participle phrased
/freɪzd/
/freɪzd/
-ing form phrasing
/ˈfreɪzɪŋ/
/ˈfreɪzɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] to say or write something in a particular way
    • phrase something (+ adv./prep.) a carefully phrased remark
    • I agree with what he says, but I'd have phrased it differently.
    • She phrased the explanation in very simple terms.
    • phrase something as something Her order was phrased as a suggestion.
    Extra Examples
    • I should have phrased my question differently.
    • The statement was very carefully phrased.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • carefully
    • differently
    • beautifully
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  2. [intransitive, transitive] phrase (something) 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
    • The concerto's slow movement was beautifully phrased.
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘style or manner of expression’): via late Latin from Greek phrasis, from phrazein ‘declare, tell’.
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