| 单词 | phrase |
| 释义 | phrase (once / 151 pages) 1nv 2nv The verb phrase means to articulate. You should be careful how you phrase your criticism of your boss. Saying he can be demanding is probably okay. Saying he is an ogre is probably not. In grammar, a phrase is a group of words that is part of a sentence but can't stand alone. In the sentence, "We should go to your house," "to your house" is a phrase. A phrase can also be an idiomatic saying. If you told a foreign exchange student to "get off the fence" and pick a side in the debate, he might look puzzled at the phrase and say, "But I'm nowhere near a fence!" WORD FAMILYphrase: phrasal, phrased, phrases, phrasing, rephrase+/phrasing: phrasings/rephrase: rephrased, rephrases, rephrasing/rephrasing: rephrasings USAGE EXAMPLESIt became their own little phrase and I engraved it onto a charm for them,” she says. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) He preferred the all-encompassing phrase “people on the move”. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Shore giggled at the anecdote and said Michaels still quotes his father’s phrase as a sign-off from phone calls. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence Hypo|Hyper nominal, nominal phrase, noun phrase a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb predicate, verb phraseone of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements prepositional phrasea phrase beginning with a preposition pronominal, pronominal phrasea phrase that functions as a pronoun responsea phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister catch phrase, catchphrasea phrase that has become a catchword construction, expression, grammatical construction a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit 2n an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up Syn|Hypo|Hyper idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase ruralism, rusticism a rural idiom or expression expression, locution, saying a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations 3v put into words or an expression 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper articulate, formulate, give voice, word ask direct or put; seek an answer to lexicalise, lexicalizemake or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language dogmatise, dogmatizestate as a dogma formularise, formularizeexpress as a formula cast, couch, frame, put, redactformulate in a particular style or language evince, express, show give expression to 1n a short musical passage Syn|Hypo|Hyper musical phrase ligature (music) a group of notes connected by a slur ostinatoa musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition ground bassa short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated riffa jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation musical passage, passage a short section of a musical composition 2n dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence Hyper dance, dancing, saltation, terpsichore taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music 3v divide, combine, or mark into phrases phrase a musical passage Hyper arrange, order, put, set up arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events |
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