language a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, a sentence短语
Examples
an adverbial phrase
an adjectival phrase
The phrase "a not unfamiliar situation" is an example of a double negative.
The phrase "a hard frost" is a collocation.
In grammar, an adjunct is an adverb or adverbial phrase that gives extra information in a sentence.
B1 a short group of words that are often used together and have a particular meaning说法;用语;警句
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I've just bought a dictionary of phrases, sayings and quotations.
He used a rather obscure phrase and I can't remember what it was now.
specialized music a small group of notes forming a unit of a tune乐句;乐节
to express something with a particular choice of words用…方式表达,以…措词表达
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