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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 令人难忘的/朗朗上口的短语 ‘Start slowly’ is the key phrase for the first-time marathon runner. 对初次参加马拉松比赛的运动员来说“开始阶段速度要慢”是至理名言。 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 ExamplesHe 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
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- employ
- turn
- use
- …
- book
- in a/the phrase
- a choice of phrase
- a turn of phrase
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grammar 语法 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 两个字的短语
Synonyms wordwordsee also noun phraseTopics Languagea1- term
- phrase
- expression
- idiom
- word a single unit of language that means something and can be spoken or written:
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。
- term (rather formal
) a word or phrase used as the name of something, especially one connected with a particular type of language: 指词语、术语、措辞： technical/legal/scientific terms 专门／法律／科学用语 ‘Old man’ is a slang term for ‘father’. old man 为俚语，指父亲。
- phrase a group of words that have a particular meaning when used together:
Who coined the phrase ‘fake news’? 谁创造了“假新闻”这个短语？
- expression a word or phrase:
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。
- idiom a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words:
‘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
- (
music 音乐 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’). 品尝就是相信，铸造一句话！(=常用短语是“眼见为实”)。
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
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。