phrase

英[freɪz]，美[frez]

n. 惯用语; 短语, 词组; 乐句
v. 表达, 措辞; 把(乐曲)分成短句

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权威词源导读

phrase (n.) - 16世纪20年代，"manner or style of expression"，和 "group of words with some unity"，源自晚期拉丁语phrasis "diction"，源自希腊语phrasis "speech, way of speaking, enunciation, phraseology"，源自phrazein "to tell, declare, indicate, point out, show, inform"，也用于被动 (phrazomai)，"indicate to oneself, think or muse upon, consider; think up, contrive; suppose, believe, imagine; perceive, observe"。词源不确定；可能和phrenes有关，phrenes表示 "wits, senses, sanity"，phren "the mind, the heart"，字面含义 "midriff, diaphragm" (参见phreno-)。

词源说明（童理民）

1. phrase : 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.

21世纪大英汉词典

#phrasen.1.■措词；用语；说法；话语2.■简短的警句；简洁的语句3.■(舞蹈)连续动作的一小段；舞句(式)4.■【语法学】短语；片语；习语；词组5.■【音乐】短句；乐节6.■[复数]空话；废话vt.,vi.1.■用话表示；用短语描述；用语言表达：He phrased his criticisms in careful terms.他的批评用词十分谨慎。2.■【音乐】把…分成短句：She will phrase a fugue of Bach's in these days.这几天她将把巴赫的赋格曲分成旋律分句。a turn of phrase表述方式；措辞coin a phrase编造(或杜撰)一个词语[戏谑语]套用一种说法sans phrase直截了当地，干脆set phrase固定词组客套话turn a phrase善于辞令变形vt.,vi.phrasedphrasing#