| 单词 | phrase |
| 释义 | phrase —phrase /freɪz/ noun [C] (EXPRESSION) ► B1 a short group of words that are often used together and have a particular meaning: » We are governed, in Lord Hailsham's famous phrase, by an 'elective dictatorship'.→ SEE ALSO PHRASE BOOK(Cf. ↑phrase book)Thesaurus+: ↑Sentences and expressions• • • Extra Examples:» I've just bought a dictionary of phrases, sayings and quotations.» He used a rather obscure phrase and I can't remember what it was now.noun [C] (GRAMMAR) ► F0 a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, a sentenceThesaurus+: ↑Sentences and expressions• • • Extra Examples:» an adverbial phrase» an adjectival phrase» The phrase 'a not unfamiliar situation' is an example of a double negative.» The phrase 'a hard frost' is a collocation.» In grammar, an adjunct is an adverb or adverbial phrase that gives extra information in a sentence.noun [C] SPECIALIZED (MUSIC) ► F0 a small group of notes forming a unit of a tuneThesaurus+: ↑Beats or lengths of musical notesverb [T usually + adv/prep] ↑Verb Endings for phrase ► F0 to express something with a particular choice of words: » The declaration was carefully/cleverly/tactfully, etc. phrased.Thesaurus+: ↑Saying and uttering , ↑Saying again |
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