例句 |
phrasesnounpl. of phrase a sequence of words having a specific meaningkids drawing literal representations of the phrase "to rain cats and dogs" expressions, idioms clichés(also cliches)locutions, termsepithets, expletives, namesbywords, cries, mottoes(also mottos), shibboleths, slogans, watchwordsarchaisms, colloquialisms, euphemisms, modernisms, neologisms, provincialisms, vulgarisms figures of speech phrasesverbpresent tense third-person singular of phraseto convey in appropriate or telling termshe had trouble thinking of how to phrase his question for the visiting dignitary articulates, clothes, couches, expresses, formulates, puts, says, states, words crafts, frameshints, implies, insinuates, intimates, suggestsparaphrases, rephrases, restates, rewords, summarizes, translatescommunicates, discloses, speaks, talks, tells, utters, verbalizes, vocalizesdescribes, renders, writes up |