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

单词	phrase
释义	phrase I. \ˈfrāz\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin phrasis, from Greek, from phrazein to point out, show, explain 1. : a characteristic manner of style or expression : a mode or form of speech : diction, phraseology < writes in a stilted, self-conscious phrase > < a welcome occasional crack of American phrase — Sean O'Faolain > < half past one — three bells in the sea phrase — R.L.Stevenson > 2. a. : a brief expression; especially : one that is pithy, telling, or memorable : catchword < sum the matter up in a phrase > < good at turning a phrase > < a fine phrase > < a hackneyed phrase > b. : word < denounced … as socialistic, a phrase they evidently never get tired of — A.E.Stevenson b.1900 > < “accommodated” … a good phrase — Shakespeare > 3. also phraise \“\ chiefly Scotland a. : smooth unmeaning talk : flattery b. : fuss, commotion < an honest lad … though he made little phrase about it — Sir Walter Scott > 4. : a short musical thought that is typically two to four measures long and that closes with a cadence < a cymbal crash followed immediately by a low phrase in the bassoon — Saturday Review > 5. : a group of two or more words that form a sense unit expressing a thought either fragmentarily without a complete predication (as in Good for you!) or with a weakened form of predication (as in God willing) or as a sentence element not containing a predication but having the force of a single part of speech (as in could have been found) and that bear to one another either the modifying relation (as in faithful dog) or the coordinate or multiple relation (as in dogs and cats) or the composite relation (as in might have been found) — often used with a qualifying grammatical term indicating structure < participial phrase > < infinitive phrase > < prepositional phrase > < verb phrase > or syntactical relation < adverbial phrase > < appositive phrase > < noun phrase > < verbal phrase > 6. : a continuous series of attacks and parries in fencing < during a single phrase, the attack may pass back and forth between the two fencers several times — Jeanette Schlottmann > 7. : a frequently occurring group of words written in shorthand without lifting the pencil < the common phrases consisting of two or three words should be written with the same facility as an ordinary word form — J.R.Gregg > 8. : a series of dance movements comprising a section of a pattern < learning to move in terms of phrases rather than in steps > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *transitive verb* 1. a. : to express in words : formulate in appropriate or telling terms : word, put < unable to phrase his idea > < a thought … imperishably phrased — J.L.Lowes > < a poor but proud family, as he phrases it > b. : to designate by a descriptive word or phrase : term, style < these suns — for so they phrase 'em — Shakespeare > 2. also phraise \“\ Scotland : flatter 3. : to divide (a musical composition) into melodic phrases < the job before her, that of phrasing and rephrasing a fugue of Bach's — Osbert Sitwell > 4. : to write (a frequently occurring group of words) in shorthand without lifting the pencil < have the student insert hyphens in the text between words which the teacher desires to have phrased — E.H.Eldridge > *intransitive verb* : to group notes or tones into a musical phrase : perform music so as to show its melodic phrasing < they sang with ease and confidence … and phrased with the subtlety of master musicians — Time >
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