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- 创造一个新词:指创造一个新的词语或短语,通常用于形容某人首次使用一个新的词语或短语。
1 ?创造一个新词语 ... 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 ... 2 ?套用一句话 ... fete与fate发音相同 coin a phrase(套用一句话) give sb. the boot(开除,解雇) ...
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Oh well, no news is good news, to coin a phrase. - 2
Fifty local musicians have, to coin a phrase, banded together to form the Jazz Umbrella. 套用一句老话,50位当地的音乐家们联合在一起组成了爵士伞乐队。 - 3
Which, to coin a phrase, is early binding.
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