periphrase / pəˈrɪf rə sɪs /

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periphrase 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural pe·riph·ra·ses [puh-rif-ruh-seez]. /pəˈrɪf rəˌsiz/.

  1. the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution.
  2. an expression phrased in such fashion.

periphrase 近义词

periphrase

等同于 verbiage

periphrase

等同于 circumlocution

更多periphrase例句

  1. In Modern French the pronominal inversion (the substantive being prefixed) or a verbal periphrasis must be used—Saul est-il?
  2. Periphras′tic, -al, containing or expressed by periphrasis or circumlocution.
  3. Be it remarked that this periphrasis indicated his mother; and that the bread he alluded to is made with a species of leaven.
  4. "Prop of sea-waves' fire," a periphrasis for a woman that bears gold on her arm.
  5. "He that hoardeth ocean's fire," a periphrasis for man, Hauskuld of Whiteness.