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单词 phrasal verb
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phrasal verb


noun Grammar.

a combination of verb and one or more adverbial or prepositional particles, as catch on, take off, bring up, or put up with, functioning as a single semantic unit and often having an idiomatic meaning that could not be predicted from the meanings of the individual parts.

Origin of phrasal verb

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby phrasal verb

PHP, phr., phragmites, phragmoplast, phrasal, phrasal verb, phrase, phrase book, phrasemaker, phrase marker, phrasemonger
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British Dictionary definitions for phrasal verb

phrasal verb

noun

(in English grammar) a phrase that consists of a verb plus an adverbial or prepositional particle, esp one the meaning of which cannot be deduced by analysis of the meaning of the constituents``take in'' meaning ``deceive'' is a phrasal verb
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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