Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense phrases, present participle phrasing, past tense, past participle phrased
1N-COUNT 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. 惯用法;成语;习语;警句
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。”
...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
2N-COUNT 词组;短语 A phrase is a small group of words which forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence. 词组;短语
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。
3VERB 用语言表达;叙述 If you phrase something in a particular way, you express it in words in that way. 用语言表达;叙述
I would have phrased it quite differently. [VERB noun adv.]
我本可以把它表述得全然不同。
The speech was carefully phrased. [VERB noun adv.]
4PHRASE 表达方式;措词 If someone has a particular turn of phrase, they have a particular way of expressing themselves in words. to coin a phrase→see: coin表达方式;措词
Rose's stories weren't bad; she had a nice turn of phrase.