n. 1.措辞,用语。 2.成语;名言;警句;格言,箴言。 3.【语法】片语,短语,词组。 4.习惯用语。 5.〔pl.〕空话,废话。 6.【音乐】短句,乐句。 7.【舞】舞式。 短语和例子 an adjective [an adverb(ial), a noun] phrase 形容词[副词、名词]片语。 a set phrase 固定词组;成语。 an idle phrase 空话。 We have had enough of phrases. 废话已经够了。 felicity of phrase措词恰当。 speak in simple phrase用简单的话(表达)。 vt. 1.用话表示;用片语描述;把…叫做…。 2.〔苏格兰语〕称赞,恭维;巴结。 3.【音乐】把…分成短句。 短语和例子 Thus he phrased it. 他就是这样说的。
dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
a short musical passage 同义词:musical phrase,
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up 同义词:idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase,
divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical passage"
put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" 同义词:give voice, formulate, word, articulate,
In everyday speech, a phrase may refer to any group of words. In linguistics, a phrase is a group of words (or sometimes a single word) that form a constituent and so function as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence.
例句与用法
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She uses rather dated words and phrases . 她使用的词语未免太陈旧了。
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Young princes speak in courtly phrases . 年轻的王子们讲话十分文雅。
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That was a catch phrase he would skip . 他不愿用这种口号式的词儿。
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She uttered the phrase with acid sarcasm . 她以辛辣的讽刺口吻说这个词。
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She was expressing in her own native phrase . 她是用自己家乡话里的字眼。
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He never phrased all these to himself . 对这些他心里从来也没有认真想过。
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She dared not phrase it or view it . 她不敢说出来,也不敢设想。
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She recalled the phrase from some film . 她想起在哪个电影里听到过这句话。
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We must phrase it somewhat differently . 我们应该对它略加改述。
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I'm sure that's one of your phrases . 我想这是你常用的一句话。