phrase

n. 短语, 习语, 措辞, 乐句

vt. 措词, 将(乐曲)分成乐句

中文词源

phrase 短语，习语，表达，措辞

来自拉丁语phrasis,措辞，表达，来自希腊语phrazein,表达，告知，说话，可能来自phren,思考，意志，智慧，来自PIE*gwhren,思想，思考，词源同frantic,frenetic.

phrase: phrase: [16] Greek phrásis ‘speech, way of speaking’ was a derivative of the verb phrázein ‘show, explain’. English adopted it via Latin phrasis as phrasis, whose plural phrases eventually gave rise to a new singular phrase. From the same source comes periphrasis [16].
=> periphrasis
phrase (n.): 1520s, "manner or style of expression," also "group of words with some unity," from Late Latin phrasis "diction," from Greek phrasis "speech, way of speaking, enunciation, phraseology," from phrazein "to express, tell," from phrazesthai "to consider," from PIE *gwhren- "to think" (see frenetic). The musical sense of "short passage" is from 1789.
phrase (v.): "to put into a phrase," 1560s; see phrase (n.). Related: Phrased; phrasing.

1. A phrase from the conference floor set my mind wandering.: 会上发言者的一句话让我思绪飘远。

3. Rose's stories weren't bad; she had a nice turn of phrase.: 罗斯的故事写得不错，她的语言表达形象生动。

4. He would sign off each week with the catch-phrase, "I'llsee thee!": 每周结束节目时他都会说那句经典的话，“下周见！”。

5. There is almost no phrase so simple that he cannot mangle it.: 几乎再简单的话他也表达不清。