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

The speech was carefully phrased
该演讲措词严谨。
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。
We bought a Danish phrase book.
我买了一本丹麦常用语手册。
'That's much too subtle, even for Sam.' — 'Even for Sam!' He pounced on the phrase with a sound of triumph.
“那太微妙了，即便对萨姆来说。”——“即便对山姆来说！”，他得意洋洋地抓住了这句话。
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 loaded with irony.
此语满含讽刺意味。
Cross out this phrase.
抹掉这个短语。
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。
There is almost no phrase so simple that he cannot mangle it
几乎再简单的话他也表达不清。
This word is a transitive verb. We can use a noun or noun phrase as its direct object.
这是一个及物动词，我们可以用名词或名词性短语直接作其宾语。