phrased

1. [C]短语,成语 (in grammar) a group of words without a finite verb, especially when they are used to form part of a sentence
2. [C]说法,简洁的语句,警句 a short expression, especially one that is clever and very suited to what is meaning

1. vt. & vi. 叙述; 措词 say; express in the stated way

• borrow the phrase of借用…的措词
• coin a phrase创造一个新词语
• expand〔omit〕 a phrase扩展〔省掉〕一个词组
• turn a phrase运用一个词,能言善道

• catch phrase标语,引人注意的词句
• colloquial〔everyday, simple〕 phrase习惯〔日常,简单〕用语
• common phrase普通的短语
• dead phrase不再使用的短语
• favorite phrase口头禅
• glib phrase流利的语句
• set phrase固定词组,客套话
• well-known phrase名言
• well-turned phrase恰当的词语
• empty phrase空话

• law phrase法律用语
• noun〔verb〕 phrase名词〔动词〕短语
• slang phrase俚语

• phrase sb's excuse说出某人的借口
• phrase sb's require说出某人的请求
• phrase sb's summation作出总结

• phrase wrong措词错误
• phrase appropriately正确地叙述
• phrase carefully细致地叙述
• phrase euphemistically措词委婉
• phrase explicitly措词明确
• phrase fancifully措词富有想象力
• phrase fantastically幻想般地措词
• phrase ingeniously巧妙地措词
• phrase mildly措词温和
• phrase monotonously用词单调
• phrase poetically诗一般地叙述
• phrase politely有礼貌地说出
• phrase technically专业性地叙述
• phrase vividly措词生动形象

key phrase关键短语

set phrase成语；固定词组

noun phrase名词短语

verb phrase动词短语；动词词组

prepositional phrase介词短语

phrase structure短语结构；词组结构

catch phrase妙句；引人注意的文句

pet phrase口头禅

1. The new phrase is now on the tongue of men.
   这个新短语现在正十分流行。
2. The teacher dictated the phrase to the class.
   老师让全班同学听写这个短语。
3. He hashed a phrase in order to colour the sentence.
   他反复推敲一个习语以使该句增色。
4. The speaker certainly knew how to turn a phrase.
   该讲话者当然懂得如何措词。
5. Four whipping bars, ff as well as marcatissimo, put a more or less vicious and peremptory end to the phrase.
   四个鞭打般的小节，以带强调的最强音给乐句一个或多或少野蛮而断然的结束。
6. Notice syncopation in the second phrase where the accent falls after the first beat.
   注意第二乐句中的切分音，重音在第一拍之后出现。

1. He paused as if to find a way to phrase his next thoughts.
   他顿了一下，象是在考虑接下去要说的意思该怎样来措词表达。
2. She will phrase a fugue of Bach's in these days.
   这几天她将把巴赫的赋格曲分成旋律分句。