phrase

noun

1. dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence

2. an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence

3. a short musical passage

Synonym: musical phrase

4. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

Synonym: idiomidiomatic expressionphrasal idiomset phrase

verb

1. divide, combine, or mark into phrases

e.g. phrase a musical passage

2. put into words or an expression

e.g. He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees

Synonym: give voiceformulatewordarticulate

1. 惯用法；成语；习语；警句
A phrase is a short group of words that people often use as a way of saying something. The meaning of a phrase is often not obvious from the meaning of the individual words in it.

e.g. He used a phrase I hate: 'You have to be cruel to be kind.'
他说了一句我讨厌的话：“要想善良，就得残忍。”
e.g. ...the American phrase 'laying an egg' meaning to fail at something.
意思是“完全失败”的美国习语 laying an egg

2. 词组；短语
A phrase is a small group of words which forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence.

phrase在线翻译

e.g. It is impossible to hypnotise someone simply by saying a particular word or phrase.
不可能仅通过说某个词或短语就能把人催眠。

3. 用语言表达；叙述
If you phrase something in a particular way, you express it in words in that way.

e.g. I would have phrased it quite differently...
我本可以把它表述得全然不同。
e.g. The speech was carefully phrased...
该演讲措词严谨。

4. 表达方式；措词
If someone has a particular turn of phrase, they have a particular way of expressing themselves in words.

e.g. 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。
e.g. ...Schwarzkopf's distinctive turn of phrase.
施瓦茨科普夫与众不同的行文风格

1. 片语：笔者参加多次测验后,发觉题型一直在变化,就以阅读里字汇的考法,除了同义字(synonym)、片语(phrase)及代名词(pronoun)传统的考题之外,现在又出现「解释或定义题」及反义字(antonym).