单词 | holophrastic |
释义 | holophrastic[ hol-uh-fras-tik, hoh-luh- ] / ˌhɒl əˈfræs tɪk, ˌhoʊ lə- / adjectiveusing or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence. characterized by holophrasis; polysynthetic: a holophrastic language. Origin of holophrastic1855–60; holo- + -phrastic;see periphrastic Words nearby holophrasticHolon, Holophane, holophote, holophrase, holophrasis, holophrastic, holophyte, holophytic, holoplankton, holopneustic, holoprosencephaly Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for holophrastic
British Dictionary definitions for holophrasticholophrastic / (ˌhɒləˈfræstɪk) / adjectivedenoting the stage in a child's acquisition of syntax when most utterances are single words (of languages) tending to express in one word what would be expressed in several words in other languages; polysynthetic Word Origin for holophrasticC19: from holo- + Greek phrastikos expressive, from phrazein to express Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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