单词 | periphrasis |
释义 | pe·riph·ra·sis (pə-rĭfrə-sĭs) n. pl. pe·riph·ra·ses (-sēz′) 1. The use of circumlocution. 2. A circumlocution. [Latin, from Greek, from periphrazein, to express periphrastically : peri-, peri- + phrazein, to say; see gwhren- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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