phrase

英[fre?z] 美[frez]

反義詞

復數:?phrases;第三人稱單數:?phrases;過去式:?phrased;過去分詞:?phrased;現在分詞:?phrasing;

phrase 短語，習語，表達，措辭

來自拉丁語phrasis,措辭，表達，來自希臘語phrazein,表達，告知，說話，可能來自phren,思考，意志，智慧，來自PIE*gwhren,思想，思考，詞源同frantic,frenetic.

phrase: phrase: [16] Greek phrásis ‘speech, way of speaking’ was a derivative of the verb phrázein ‘show, explain’. English adopted it via Latin phrasis as phrasis, whose plural phrases eventually gave rise to a new singular phrase. From the same source comes periphrasis [16].
=> periphrasis
phrase (n.): 1520s, "manner or style of expression," also "group of words with some unity," from Late Latin phrasis "diction," from Greek phrasis "speech, way of speaking, enunciation, phraseology," from phrazein "to express, tell," from phrazesthai "to consider," from PIE *gwhren- "to think" (see frenetic). The musical sense of "short passage" is from 1789.
phrase (v.): "to put into a phrase," 1560s; see phrase (n.). Related: Phrased; phrasing.

1. A phrase from the conference floor set my mind wandering.: 會上發言者的一句話讓我思緒飄遠。

3. Rose's stories weren't bad; she had a nice turn of phrase.: 羅斯的故事寫得不錯，她的語言表達形象生動。

4. He would sign off each week with the catch-phrase, "I'llsee thee!": 每周結束節目時他都會說那句經典的話，“下周見！”。

5. There is almost no phrase so simple that he cannot mangle it.: 幾乎再簡單的話他也表達不清。