phrase
noun/freɪz/
/freɪz/
Idioms - a group of words that have a particular meaning when used together
成语；习语；惯用法；警句 - a memorable/catchy phrase
易记的／上口的语句 - ‘Start slowly’ is the key phrase for the first-time marathon runner.
“起跑要慢”对首次跑马拉松的人来说是一个要领。 - She was, in her own favourite phrase, ‘a woman without a past’.
用她自己最喜欢的字眼说，她是个 “没有不清白过去的女人”。 - colourful words and phrases
丰富多彩的单词和短语
Extra Examples- He just comes out with the same old stock phrases.
他总说那些老一套的陈词滥调。 - Her unfortunate choice of phrase offended most of the audience.
她不恰当的措辞惹恼了大多数观众。 - In 1998, he trademarked the phrase ‘Freedom of Expression’.
在 1998 年，他将词语“表达自由”注册为商标。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- colloquial
- idiomatic
- key
- …
- employ
- turn
- use
- …
- book
- in a/the phrase
- a choice of phrase
- a turn of phrase
- a memorable/catchy phrase
- (grammar) a small group of words (usually without a finite verb) that together have a particular meaning and that typically form part of a sentence. ‘the green car’ and ‘on Friday morning’ are phrases.
短语；词组 - a two-word phrase
两个词的短语
Synonyms wordwordterm ▪ phrase ▪ expression ▪ idiomThese are all words for a unit of language used to express something.word a single unit of language that means something and can be spoken or written:see also noun phraseTopics Languagea1- Do not write more than 200 words.
写的东西不要超过 200 字。 - He uses a lot of long words.
他使用了很多长词。
- technical/legal/scientific terms
专门／法律／科学用语 - ‘Old man’ is a slang term for ‘father’.
“老头”是“父亲”的俚语说法。
- Who coined the phrase ‘fake news’?
“假新闻”这个词是谁创造的？
- He tends to use a lot of slang expressions that I’ve never heard before.
他往往用许多我以前从未听说过的俚语。
- ‘Let the cat out of the bag’ is an idiom meaning to tell a secret by mistake.
“让猫从袋子里跑出来”是惯用语，意思是无意中泄露秘密。
- a word/term for something
- a new word/term/phrase/expression
- a technical/colloquial word/term/phrase/expression
- a slang word/term/phrase
- an idiomatic phrase/expression
- to use a(n) word/term/phrase/expression/idiom
- to coin a(n) word/term/phrase/expression
- a(n) word/term/phrase/expression/idiom means something
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- colloquial
- idiomatic
- key
- …
- employ
- turn
- use
- …
- book
- in a/the phrase
- a choice of phrase
- a turn of phrase
- a two-word phrase
- (music) a short series of notes that form a unit within a longer passage in a piece of music
乐句；乐节
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘style or manner of expression’): via late Latin from Greek phrasis, from phrazein ‘declare, tell’.
Idioms
to coin a phrase
- used to introduce a well-known expression that you have changed slightly in order to be funny
（引出为逗趣而稍加改动的名言） - Tasting is believing, to coin a phrase! (= the usual phrase is ‘seeing is believing’).
俗话说，“品尝即信”！ （=常用短语是“眼见为实”）。
- Tasting is believing, to coin a phrase! (= the usual phrase is ‘seeing is believing’).
- used to show that you are aware that you are using an expression that is not new
套用一句老话；用老话来说 - Oh well, no news is good news, to coin a phrase.
噢，常言道，没有消息就是好消息。
- Oh well, no news is good news, to coin a phrase.
a turn of phrase
- a particular way of describing something
措辞；表达方式；描述方式 - He is meticulous in his choice of words and turns of phrase.
他措辞谨慎，描述细致。
- He is meticulous in his choice of words and turns of phrase.