| 释义 |
holophrase Philol.|ˈhɒləʊfreɪz|
[f. holo- + phrase n.: cf. holophrasis.]
A single word used instead of a phrase, or to express a combination of ideas (e.g. ungetatable).
1899E. J. Payne Hist. New World II. 201 This multiplication of elements denoting personality, in combination with more and more elements denoting Things, tends to the dissolution of the holophrase... The holophrase naturally follows the progression of the mind from point to point. 1914W. R. M. Lamb Clio Enthroned 239 We can regard his periodic structures as a reversion..to the primitive holophrase. 1969Language XLV. 325 All gone may be two words, or it may be a holophrase. |