单词 | set phrase |
释义 | set phrase (once / 65663 pages) n WORD FAMILY set phrase: set phrases USAGE EXAMPLESSeveral companies have developed childlike dolls that go beyond repeating set phrases to conduct a range of basic conversations. BBC(Jul 14, 2014) "A searing indictment of Thatcher's Britain" became a set phrase if you were suggesting a story at the monthly writers' conference. The Guardian(Apr 14, 2013) In Spanish, it is a set phrase, less dramatic than it sounds when translated literally, but he soon looked pretty silly. The Guardian(Jan 14, 2013) n an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up Syn|Hypo|Hyper idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, phrase ruralism, rusticism a rural idiom or expression expression, locution, saying a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations |
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