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phrase n.短语；习语；措辞；[音]乐句vt.措词；将(乐曲)分成乐句 (1) 这个新短语现在正十分流行。(2) 老师让全班同学听写这个短语。(3) 他反复推敲一个习语以使该句增色。(4) 该讲话者当然懂得如何措辞。(5) 四个鞭打般的小节，以带强调的最强音给乐句一个或多或少野蛮而断然的结束。(6) 注意第二乐句中的切分音，重音在第一拍之后出现。(7) 他顿了一下，象是在考虑接下去要说的意思该怎样来措词表达。(8) 这几天她将把巴赫的赋格曲分成旋律分句。 In grammar, a phrase is a group of words that is part of a sentence but can't stand alone. In the sentence, "We should go to your house," "to your house" is a phrase. A phrase can also be an idiomatic saying. If you told a foreign exchange student to "get off the fence" and pick a side in the debate, he might look puzzled at the phrase and say, "But I'm nowhere near a fence!"

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英 [freɪz] 美 [freɪz] (1) The new phrase is now on the tongue of men.(2) The teacher dictated the phrase to the class.(3) He hashed a phrase in order to colour the sentence.(4) The speaker certainly knew how to turn a phrase.(5) Four whipping bars, ff as well as marcatissimo, put a more or less vicious and peremptory end to the phrase.(6) Notice syncopation in the second phrase where the accent falls after the first beat.(7) He paused as if to find a way to phrase his next thoughts.(8) She will phrase a fugue of Bach's in these days. The verb phrase means to articulate. You should be careful how you phrase your criticism of your boss. Saying he can be demanding is probably okay. Saying he is an ogre is probably not. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]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. 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 egg2[N-COUNT 可数名词]词组；短语 A phrase is a small group of words which forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence. 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[VERB 动词]用语言表达；叙述 If you phrase something in a particular way, you express it in words in that way.   [V n adv]  [V n as n]I would have phrased it quite differently...我本可以把它表述得全然不同。The speech was carefully phrased...该演讲措词严谨。They phrased it as a question.他们用提问的方式来表述它。4[PHRASE 短语]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；   [N inflects]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。...Schwarzkopf's distinctive turn of phrase.施瓦茨科普夫与众不同的行文风格

英语单词	phrase
英美音标	英 [freɪz] 美 [freɪz]
中文释义	n.短语；习语；措辞；[音]乐句 vt.措词；将(乐曲)分成乐句
英语例句	(1) The new phrase is now on the tongue of men. (2) The teacher dictated the phrase to the class. (3) He hashed a phrase in order to colour the sentence. (4) The speaker certainly knew how to turn a phrase. (5) Four whipping bars, ff as well as marcatissimo, put a more or less vicious and peremptory end to the phrase. (6) Notice syncopation in the second phrase where the accent falls after the first beat. (7) He paused as if to find a way to phrase his next thoughts. (8) She will phrase a fugue of Bach's in these days.
中文例句	(1) 这个新短语现在正十分流行。 (2) 老师让全班同学听写这个短语。 (3) 他反复推敲一个习语以使该句增色。 (4) 该讲话者当然懂得如何措辞。 (5) 四个鞭打般的小节，以带强调的最强音给乐句一个或多或少野蛮而断然的结束。 (6) 注意第二乐句中的切分音，重音在第一拍之后出现。 (7) 他顿了一下，象是在考虑接下去要说的意思该怎样来措词表达。 (8) 这几天她将把巴赫的赋格曲分成旋律分句。
vocabulary简明	The verb phrase means to articulate. You should be careful how you phrase your criticism of your boss. Saying he can be demanding is probably okay. Saying he is an ogre is probably not.
vocabulary扩展	In grammar, a phrase is a group of words that is part of a sentence but can't stand alone. In the sentence, "We should go to your house," "to your house" is a phrase. A phrase can also be an idiomatic saying. If you told a foreign exchange student to "get off the fence" and pick a side in the debate, he might look puzzled at the phrase and say, "But I'm nowhere near a fence!"
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. 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 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]词组；短语 A phrase is a small group of words which forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence. 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 [VERB 动词]用语言表达；叙述 If you phrase something in a particular way, you express it in words in that way. [V n adv] [V n as n] I would have phrased it quite differently... 我本可以把它表述得全然不同。 The speech was carefully phrased... 该演讲措词严谨。 They phrased it as a question. 他们用提问的方式来表述它。 4 [PHRASE 短语]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 ； [N inflects] 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。 ...Schwarzkopf's distinctive turn of phrase. 施瓦茨科普夫与众不同的行文风格

Phrase Words Turn Group Meaning Sentence N Count 可数名词