periphrasis / pəˈrɪf rə sɪs /

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periphrasis 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.

periphrasis 近义词

periphrasis

等同于 verbiage

periphrasis

等同于 redundancy

periphrasis

等同于 wordiness

periphrasis

等同于 circumlocution

更多periphrasis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.