phrase

phrase音标

英 [freɪz]

美 [frez]

phrase基本释义

n.短语；习语；措辞；[音]乐句

vt.措词；将(乐曲)分成乐句

phrase用法及例句

n.(名词)

警句，名言，格言，箴言

词组；短语

措辞，用语

【音】乐句，乐节

【语法】片语

习惯用语，惯用语；成语

空话，废话

说法

v.(动词)

用话表示，用片语描述，用言语表达（词），用短语表达，用短语描述

把...叫做...

称赞，恭维，巴结

【音】把...分成短句；把…分成各乐节

说，述

推敲；措辞

n.(名词)

[C]短语,成语 (in grammar) a group of words without a finite verb, especially when they are used to form part of a sentence

[C]说法,简洁的语句,警句 a short expression, especially one that is clever and very suited to what is meaning

v.(动词)

vt. & vi. 叙述; 措词 say; express in the stated way

noun

1. dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence

2. an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence

3. a short musical passage

Synonym: musical phrase

4. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

Synonym: idiomidiomatic expressionphrasal idiomset phrase

verb

1. divide, combine, or mark into phrases

e.g. phrase a musical passage

2. put into words or an expression

e.g. He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees

Synonym: give voiceformulatewordarticulate

1. 惯用法；成语；习语；警句A phrase is 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.

e.g. 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。”e.g. ...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

2. 词组；短语A phrase is a small group of words which forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence.

phrase在线翻译

e.g. 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。

3. 用语言表达；叙述If you phrase something in a particular way, you express it in words in that way.

e.g. I would have phrased it quite differently...我本可以把它表述得全然不同。e.g. The speech was carefully phrased...该演讲措词严谨。

4. 表达方式；措词If someone has a particular turn of phrase, they have a particular way of expressing themselves in words.

e.g. Rose's stories weren't bad; she had a nice turn of phrase.罗斯的故事写得不错，她的语言表达形象生动。e.g. ...Schwarzkopf's distinctive turn of phrase.施瓦茨科普夫与众不同的行文风格

1. 片语：笔者参加多次测验后,发觉题型一直在变化,就以阅读里字汇的考法,除了同义字(synonym)、片语(phrase)及代名词(pronoun)传统的考题之外,现在又出现「解释或定义题」及反义字(antonym).

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作名词(n.)

That's exactly the phrase I was looking for myself.这就是我一直找的那个短语。

Every phrase in this poem is pregnant with meaning.这首诗中每一词语都含义深远。

He was—what is the phrase I'm looking for—not intimately acquainted with his subject.他——我该怎么说呢——对自己的主题很不熟悉。

用作动词(v.)

The lecturer phrased monotonously.这位讲师用词单调。

用作名词 (n.)

borrow the phrase of借用…的措词

coin a phrase创造一个新词语

expand〔omit〕 a phrase扩展〔省掉〕一个词组

turn a phrase运用一个词,能言善道

catch phrase标语,引人注意的词句

colloquial〔everyday, simple〕 phrase习惯〔日常,简单〕用语

common phrase普通的短语

dead phrase不再使用的短语

favorite phrase口头禅

glib phrase流利的语句

set phrase固定词组,客套话

well-known phrase名言

well-turned phrase恰当的词语

empty phrase空话

law phrase法律用语

noun〔verb〕 phrase名词〔动词〕短语

slang phrase俚语

用作动词 (v.)

phrase sb's excuse说出某人的借口

phrase sb's require说出某人的请求

phrase sb's summation作出总结

phrase wrong措词错误

phrase appropriately正确地叙述

phrase carefully细致地叙述

phrase euphemistically措词委婉

phrase explicitly措词明确

phrase fancifully措词富有想象力

phrase fantastically幻想般地措词

phrase ingeniously巧妙地措词

phrase mildly措词温和

phrase monotonously用词单调

phrase poetically诗一般地叙述

phrase politely有礼貌地说出

phrase technically专业性地叙述

phrase vividly措词生动形象

The supreme felicity of phrase in which he has no equal.

出自：A. W. Ward

A very typically American turn of phrase.

出自：B. Foster

She was got up smart, as she phrased it.

出自：E. M. Forster

He phrased his accusations in hysterical anti-Jewish language.

出自：A. N. Wilson

词语用法

词源解说

v.(动词)

phrase用作名词时意思是“短语”“词组”,转化为动词后意为“叙述”“措词”。

phrase既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。

☆ 1530年进入英语，直接源自后期拉丁语的phrasis，意为措词，用语；*初源自古希腊语的phrasis，意为演讲，说话的方式。

高考真题例句

考研真题例句

OG 1.phrase

The phrase "penny paper " caught the public's fancy, and soon there would be papers that did indeed sell for only a penny.

"便士纸"这个短语引起了公众的兴趣, 不久就会有真正只卖一便士的报纸出现了。

2019全国卷3

OG 2.phrase

A code uses symbols to replace words, phrases, or sentences.

代码使用符号来替换单词、词组或句子。

2016全国卷1

OG 1.phrase

Such actions were captured by the Latin phrase'sapere aude'or 'dare to know'.

这些行为可以用拉丁文“Sapere aude”或英文“dare to know（勇于求知）”描述。

2020英语一

OG 2.phrase

What does the phrase "to be aligned" (Line 5, Para. 6) most probably mean?

短语“to be aligned”（第6段第5行）*有可能是什么意思？

2019英语一

OG 3.phrase

The very phrase "jobseeker's allowance" is about redefining the unemployed as a "jobseeker" .

“求职者津贴”这个词本身就是把失业者重新定义为“求职者”。

2014英语一

近义词

临近词

saying

expression

words

photosynthesis

phylogenetic

Phrase space

phrase code

phrase book

phraseology

phrase node

phraseogram

phraser

phraseman

phrasemonger

phrasemaker

相关列句

Milton is also sensitive to the fact that the very phrase "Christian epic" is in some way a contradiction in terms.(弥尔顿对有些事实也很敏感，在某种意义上，“基督教史诗”这个词语，本身就是矛盾的。)

How often do you start a tale of fame and fortune, comedy, or tragedy with this phrase?(你多久会用这个短语来开始一个关于名利、喜剧或悲剧的故事？)

A writer spends many hours going over and over a scene—changing a phrase here, a word there.(作家花许多个小时反复润色一个场景—这儿改个短语，那儿改个单词。)

While doing extensive reading, you don't have to puzzle over every single word or phrase in the passage.(在进行泛读时，不用仔细琢磨文中的每个单词或短语。)

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。)

You've probably heard the phrase "Birds of a feather flock together" and that's true when it comes to romance.(你们可能听过一个成语“物以类聚，人以群分”，恋爱就是这样。)

In the phrase 'you are', the verb 'are' is in the second person and the word 'you' is a second-person pronoun.(在短语youare中，动词are是第二人称形式，而单词you是第二人称代词。)

Fifty local musicians have, to coin a phrase, banded together to form the Jazz Umbrella.(套用一句老话，５０位当地的音乐家们联合在一起组成了爵士伞乐队。)

Please fill in the blank at the end of the text with a proper word or phrase.(请在课文末尾的空白处填上适当的单词或短语。)

The phrase means to fix something with glue.(这个短语的意思是用胶水固定某物。)