phrase

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n. 短语; 词组; 成语; 习语; 惯用法; 警句; 乐句; 乐节
v. (以某种方式)表达，措辞，推敲; 划分乐句，分乐节(尤指为奏乐或歌唱)

复数：phrases　过去分词：phrased　过去式：phrased　现在分词：phrasing　第三人称单数：phrases　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2081 / COCA.2589

习惯用语

to coin a phrase

a turn of phrase

noun

短语；词组
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 .
成语；习语；惯用法；警句
a group of words which have a particular meaning when used together
1. a memorable phrase
  易记的警句
2. She was, in her own favourite phrase, ‘a woman without a past’.
  用她自己最喜欢的字眼说，她是个“没有不清白过去的女人”。
乐句；乐节
a short series of notes that form a unit within a longer passage in a piece of music

verb

（以某种方式）表达，措辞，推敲
to say or write sth in a particular way
1. a carefully phrased remark
  措辞谨慎的话语
2. I agree with what he says, but I'd have phrased it differently.
  我赞同他说的，但我会以不同的方式表述。
3. Her order was phrased as a suggestion.
  她的命令措辞好像是一项建议。
划分乐句，分乐节（尤指为奏乐或歌唱）
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

N-COUNT 惯用法；成语；习语；警句
Aphraseis a short group of words that people often use as a way of saying something. The meaning of a phrase is often not obvious from the meaning of the individual words in it.
1. He used a phrase I hate: 'You have to be cruel to be kind.'
  他说了一句我讨厌的话：“要想善良，就得残忍。”
2. ...the American phrase 'laying an egg' meaning to fail at something.
  意思是“完全失败”的美国习语 laying an egg
N-COUNT 词组；短语
Aphraseis a small group of words which forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence.
1. It is impossible to hypnotise someone simply by saying a particular word or phrase.
  不可能仅通过说某个词或短语就能把人催眠。
VERB 用语言表达；叙述
If youphrasesomething in a particular way, you express it in words in that way.
1. I would have phrased it quite differently...
  我本可以把它表述得全然不同。
2. The speech was carefully phrased...
  该演讲措词严谨。
3. They phrased it as a question.
  他们用提问的方式来表述它。
罗斯的故事写得不错，她的语言表达形象生动。 → see:Rose's stories weren't bad; she had a nice turn of phrase.

noun

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
Synonym:musical phrase
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
Synonym:idiomidiomatic expressionphrasal idiomset phrase

verb

divide, combine, or mark into phrases
1. phrase a musical passage
put into words or an expression
1. He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
Synonym:give voiceformulatewordarticulate

A phrase from the conference floor set my mind wandering
会上发言者的一句话让我思绪飘远。
I learned a new phrase today.
我今天学了一个新的片语。
She thought in both languages, and selected the most apposite phrase from either.
她用两种语言思考，然后从中选择最贴切的一种表达。
A phrase jumped out at me in a piece about copyright.
在一篇有关版权的文章中，有一个短语引起了我的注意。
The phrase is loaded with irony.
此语满含讽刺意味。
A phrase is a group of words.
短语是词的组合。
Cross out this phrase.
抹掉这个短语。
The phrase 'yeah yeah yeah' can rarely have been delivered with so much unhinged passion.
“好耶！好耶！好耶！”的呼叫声极少带有如此狂放的激情。
This phrase serves as a connecting link between the preceding and the following.
这个短语起到了承上启下的作用。
The phrase is common diplomatic parlance for spying.
这种说法是指代间谍行为的常用外交辞令。