Phrase



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解释

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• n.乐句; 短语
• ［英］ n. 乐句 ( a short musical thought ) ; 短语 ( a word or group of words)
• ［例］ the opening phrase of the overture ( 序曲的起首乐句)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Latin phrasis, from Greek, from phrazein to point out, explain, tell
• Date: 1530
• 1. a characteristic manner or style of expression ; diction
• 2.
  • a. a brief expression; especially catch~
  • b. word
• 3. a short musical thought typically two to four measures long closing with a cadence
• 4. a word or group of words forming a syntactic constituent with a single grammatical function zuoxiean adverbial ~youxie
• 5. a series of dance movements comprising a section of a pattern

II. transitive verb (~d; phrasing)

• Date: 1570
• 1.
  • a. to express in words or in appropriate or telling terms
  • b. to designate by a descriptive word or ~
• 2. to divide into melodic ~s

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