phrase

noun

/freɪz/

Idioms

a group of words that have a particular meaning when used together成语；习语；惯用法；警句
- a memorable/catchy phrase令人难忘的/朗朗上口的短语
- ‘Start slowly’ is the key phrase for the first-time marathon runner.对初次参加马拉松比赛的运动员来说“开始阶段速度要慢”是至理名言。
- 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”。
- colourful words and phrases 丰富多彩的单词和短语
see also catchphrase, set phrase
- He just comes out with the same old stock phrases.他总说那些老一套的陈词滥调。
- Her unfortunate choice of phrase offended most of the audience.她不恰当的措辞惹恼了大多数观众。
- In 1998, he trademarked the phrase ‘Freedom of Expression’.在 1998 年，他将词语“表达自由”注册为商标。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- colloquial
- idiomatic
- key
- …
verb + phrase
- employ
- turn
- use
- …
phrase + noun
- book
preposition
- in a/the phrase
phrases
- a choice of phrase
- a turn of phrase
(grammar语法) a small group of words (usually without a finite verb) that together have a particular meaning and that typically form part of a sentence. ‘the green car’ and ‘on Friday morning’ are phrases.短语；词组
- a two-word phrase两个字的短语
Synonyms word
word
- term
- phrase
- expression
- idiom
These are all words for a unit of language used to express something.
- word a single unit of language that means something and can be spoken or written:
  Do not write more than 200 words.写的东西不要超过 200 字。
  He uses a lot of long words.他使用了很多长词。
- term (rather formal) a word or phrase used as the name of something, especially one connected with a particular type of language:指词语、术语、措辞：
  technical/legal/scientific terms专门／法律／科学用语
  ‘Old man’ is a slang term for ‘father’.old man 为俚语，指父亲。
- phrase a group of words that have a particular meaning when used together:
  Who coined the phrase ‘fake news’?谁创造了“假新闻”这个短语？
  In grammar, a phrase is 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.
- expression a word or phrase:
  He tends to use a lot of slang expressions that I’ve never heard before.他往往用许多我以前从未听说过的俚语。
- idiom a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words:
  ‘Let the cat out of the bag’ is an idiom meaning to tell a secret by mistake.“让猫从袋子里跑出来”是惯用语，意思是无意中泄露秘密。
Patterns
- a word/term for something
- a new word/term/phrase/expression
- a technical/colloquial word/term/phrase/expression
- a slang word/term/phrase
- an idiomatic phrase/expression
- to use a(n) word/term/phrase/expression/idiom
- to coin a(n) word/term/phrase/expression
- a(n) word/term/phrase/expression/idiom means something
see also noun phraseTopics Languagea1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- colloquial
- idiomatic
- key
- …
verb + phrase
- employ
- turn
- use
- …
phrase + noun
- book
preposition
- in a/the phrase
phrases
- a choice of phrase
- a turn of phrase
(music音乐) a short series of notes that form a unit within a longer passage in a piece of music乐句；乐节

词源mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘style or manner of expression’): via late Latin from Greek phrasis, from phrazein ‘declare, tell’.

Idioms

to coin a phrase

used to introduce a well-known expression that you have changed slightly in order to be funny（引出为逗趣而稍加改动的名言）
- Tasting is believing, to coin a phrase! (= the usual phrase is ‘seeing is believing’).品尝就是相信，铸造一句话！(=常用短语是“眼见为实”)。
used to show that you are aware that you are using an expression that is not new套用一句老话；用老话来说
- Oh well, no news is good news, to coin a phrase.噢，常言道，没有消息就是好消息。

a turn of phrase

a particular way of describing something措辞；表达方式；描述方式
- He is meticulous in his choice of words and turns of phrase.他措辞谨慎，描述细致。

phrase

verb

/freɪz/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they phrase	/freɪz/ /freɪz/
he / she / it phrases	/ˈfreɪzɪz/ /ˈfreɪzɪz/
past simple phrased	/freɪzd/ /freɪzd/
past participle phrased	/freɪzd/ /freɪzd/
-ing form phrasing	/ˈfreɪzɪŋ/ /ˈfreɪzɪŋ/

[transitive] to say or write something in a particular way（以某种方式）表达，措辞，推敲
- phrase something (+ adv./prep.) a carefully phrased remark措辞谨慎的话语
- 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。
- She phrased the explanation in very simple terms.她用非常简单的词语来解释。
- phrase something as something Her order was phrased as a suggestion.她的命令表述得像是一项建议。
- I should have phrased my question differently.我本应该换一种方式来提出我的问题。
- The statement was very carefully phrased.这份声明措辞非常谨慎。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- carefully
- differently
- beautifully
- …
[intransitive, transitive] phrase (something) 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划分乐句，分乐节（尤指为奏乐或歌唱）
- The concerto's slow movement was beautifully phrased.优美的乐句构成了协奏曲缓慢的韵律。

词源mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘style or manner of expression’): via late Latin from Greek phrasis, from phrazein ‘declare, tell’.