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catch phrase

口头禅,套语,口头语,口号

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a phrase that attracts or is meant to attract attention.
    • : a phrase, as a slogan, that comes to be widely and repeatedly used, often with little of the original meaning remaining.

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Examples

  • This same outlet worked the phrase “engagement to toyboy lover” into the headline of their article on Fry.

  • They all immediately dashed out to their car to catch the bad guys.

  • In 2007, Huckabee said he stood by these earlier remarks, but would phrase them differently.

  • “The government just wanted to catch the big fish [in the Juarez cartel] and they ignored everything in between,” Lozoya said.

  • From a lyrical standpoint, there are precious few that can catch Kendrick.

  • No one ever argued with Levison; all understood that this particular phrase was final.

  • While you were admiring the long roll of the wave, a sudden spray would be dashed over you, and make you catch your breath!

  • He was guilty of the weakness of taking refuge in what is called, I believe, in legal phrase, a side-issue.

  • If I could catch Laura's eye—but I suppose it would hardly be decent to go just yet.

  • Then Squinty would toss the apple up in the air, off his nose, and catch it as it came down.