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- phrase [freɪz]
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n
a group of words forming an immediate syntactic constituent of a clause - Compare clause noun phrase verb phrase
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2.
n
a particular expression, esp an original one
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n
[music]
a small group of notes forming a coherent unit of melody
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n
(in choreography) a short sequence of dance movements
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vt.
[tr]
[music]
to divide (a melodic line, part, etc) into musical phrases, esp in performance
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vt.
to express orally or in a phrase
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vt.
[Etymology]
C16: from Latin phrasis, from Greek: speech, from phrazein to declare, tell
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1.
n
a group of words forming an immediate syntactic constituent of a clause - Compare clause noun phrase verb phrase
Examples
- to turn a pretty phrase
- 造一个完美的短语 → turn
- a well-turned phrase
- 恰当的措词 → well-turned
- "Angry Young Men" is a phrase used today to describe somebody who criticizes institutions from both the political and social point of view.
- “愤青”这个短语，今天用来形容那些从政治和社会两个角度批判时局的人。 → angry
- The phrase you have to read is just below mine.
- 你要读的短语就在我要读的下面。
- set phrase
- 固定词组 → phrase
- turn of phrase
- 措辞 → phrase
- a set phrase
- 一个固定词组 → set
- an adjective phrase → adjective
- a grotesque turn of phrase → grotesque
- a happy turn of phrase → happy
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