单词 | phrasing |
释义 | phrasingn. 1. The selection or use of phrases; manner or style of verbal expression; phraseology, terminology, wording; (also) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [noun] > use of phrasing1611 phraseology1670 rephrasing1881 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > mode of expression manner of speakinga1387 termsc1400 parlancec1475 locution1483 diction1563 couching1571 dictamenta1572 dialect1579 style1594 phraseology1604 phrasing1611 expression1628 language1643 wording1649 routine1676 mode1779 verbiage1792 parle1793 verbiagerie1817 vocabulation1859 phraseography1899 lexis1950 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 11 Wee haue not tyed ourselues to an vniformitie of phrasing, or to an identity of words. 1728 H. Bell Hist. Ess. Original of Painting 69 'Tis not altogether clear, that all these several phrasings, do so much destroy the Foundations of his Thesis, as they are reconcilable and agreeable to it. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. iv. 19 He says, in his usual way of Phrasing, that he'll make it as easy to you as a Glove. 1828 Times 26 Sept. 4/1 I shall make very little alteration in the phrasing of the letter, but give it to you nearly as I received it. 1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. ix. 325 Milton..mixes the extremest vernacular with the most exquisite and scholarly phrasing. 1937 Dict. National Biogr. 1922–30 at Webb, Mary Gladys Both in prose and poetry subtlety of observation is combined with a remarkable beauty of thought and phrasing. 1963 J. E. Keating Wreck of Deutschland 10 I noted something like fifty words or phrasings in the Deutschland alone which echo the Bible. 2003 T. King Truth about Stories v. 137 To restate the matter in the dubious phrasing of philanthropic neologisms, Native rights had been ‘gifted’ to Native people. 2. Scottish. The use of fine-sounding or effusive phrases; (more generally) verbose talk, palaver. ΚΠ a1801 R. Gall Poems & Songs (1819) 7 What a fyke, an' what a fraising! a1813 A. Wilson Poems (1876) 96 I ne'er cou'd gab prodigious pert, An' flatterin' phrazing gi'e you. 1894 P. H. Hunter James Inwick (Electronic text) xii There's nae dout he haes the gift o phrasin; he wad wyle the laverocks oot o the lift, as ane micht say. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 233 What a phrasin' the twaesome had. 3. a. Music. The rendering of musical phrases. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > expression > [noun] > specific types slurring1806 phrasing1848 attack1871 interpretation1880 account1961 overdotting1969 1848 Times 18 May 8/1 She..imparted a certain gracefulness to the phrasing, which entirely divested it of the monotony by which it is in some measure characterized. 1877 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 29 It is easy to say that a singer ‘phrases’ well, because so few know what phrasing means. 1921 A. Rivarde Violin & its Technique i. 11 Many violinists..are constantly blustering with long bows, very often spoiling the phrasing and making violinistic rather than musical effects. 1993 Classic CD June 54/2 Pletnev's unfussy way with the solo part, his imaginative phrasing, the jaunty, forthright tempos he brings to the outer movements. b. Dance. The linking of movements in a choreographic sequence. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > movement > linking of movements phrasing1916 phrase1922 1916 O. L. Hatcher Bk. Shakespeare Plays & Pageants ii. vii. 263 Directions. Old Phrasing. ‘Take hands and go round twice: [etc.]. 1938 G. M. Baker et al. Graded Lessons Physical Educ. 39 Start and finish the phrasing of locomotion on time. 1952 Times 18 July 9/2 Miss Tanaquil Le Clercq and Mr. Francisco Moncion, both of whom have something of the flow and phrasing of movement which is on the whole this company's most serious deficiency. 1968 Y. Rainer in R. Copeland & M. Cohen What is Dance? (1983) iv. 326 The most impressive change has been in the attitude to phrasing, which can be defined as the way in which energy is distributed in the execution of a movement or series of movements. 1991 Dance Res. 9 45 The traditional virtues of phrasing—shape, colour, contrast—were levelled out in favour of a string of neutrally performed movements. 4. In extended use. ΚΠ 1949 M. Mead Male & Female iii. 65 All these themes are present in every cultural phrasing of the mother-child relationship. 1959 G. Kallman in C. Jencks Mod. Movements in Archit. (1985) vi. 228 Keeping the imagination within the framework of a built-in principle of composition and typology, it yet permits the spatial phrasing to be freely dynamic. 1967 W. W. Newcombe in F. Kirkland Rock Art of Texas Indians iv. 40/2 Certainly the two cultural complexes are phrasings of a single basic culture. Compounds phrasing slur n. Music a slur indicating the suggested phrasing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [noun] > slur or tie ligature1597 tie1656 binding-note1782 slur1786 bind1880 phrasing slur1898 1898 Westm. Gaz. 29 Dec. 3/2 Where it has seemed desirable, phrasing slurs have been added. 1963 A. Donato Preparing Music Manuscript 153 Many of the mistakes are minor ones such as omission of a flag on a note stem or an incomplete phrasing slur. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). phrasingadj. Scottish. That expresses feelings or attitudes in an exaggerated, overeffusive, or insincere way; flattering, fawning (see phrase v. 5). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > extravagant, excessive > in expression wide-mouthed1593 phrasingc1626 the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [adjective] > using phrases phraseological1664 phrasing1892 c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 77 Allurand fictionis uttered be..maid up counterfait and fraising langaige. 1701 in Coll. Dying Testimonies (1806) 171 He is against flattering, frazing pretenders to unwarrantable zeal. 1786 R. Burns Poems 208 In sic phraisin terms ye've penn'd it, I scarce excuse ye. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. x. 223 It was a blethering phrasing chield they ca' Fairservice, that came at e'en. 1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains ix. 268 A..tale of some worthless, phrasing Frenchman. 1994 J. Michie Coll. Poems 108 Sic phraisin flatt'ries I abhor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611adj.c1626 |
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