phrase: [16] Greek phrásis ‘speech, way of speaking’ was a derivative of the verb phrázein ‘show, explain’. English adopted it via Latin phrasis as phrasis, whose plural phrases eventually gave rise to a new singular phrase. From the same source comes periphrasis [16]. => periphrasis
phrase (n.)
1520s, "manner or style of expression," also "group of words with some unity," from Late Latin phrasis "diction," from Greek phrasis "speech, way of speaking, enunciation, phraseology," from phrazein "to express, tell," from phrazesthai "to consider," from PIE *gwhren- "to think" (see frenetic). The musical sense of "short passage" is from 1789.
phrase (v.)
"to put into a phrase," 1560s; see phrase (n.). Related: Phrased; phrasing.
实用例句
1. A phrase from the conference floor set my mind wandering.
会上发言者的一句话让我思绪飘远。来自柯林斯例句
2. The phrase was not meant to be taken seriously.
此话不必当真。来自柯林斯例句
3. 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。来自柯林斯例句
4. He would sign off each week with the catch-phrase, "I'llsee thee!"
每周结束节目时他都会说那句经典的话，“下周见！”。来自柯林斯例句
5. There is almost no phrase so simple that he cannot mangle it.
