phrase是一个英语单词，主要用作名词、动词。作名词时意思是“短语, 习语, 措辞, 乐句”，作及物动词时意思是“用……方式表达，以……措辞表达”等。

英 [freɪz] 美 [freɪz]

n. 短语，词组；惯用语，习语；乐句；（芭蕾）舞句

v. 用……方式表达，以……措辞表达；把（乐曲）分成短句

[ 复数 phrases 第三人称单数 phrases 现在分词 phrasing 过去式 phrased 过去分词 phrased ]

柯林斯英汉双解大词典

phrase /freɪz/ CET4 TEM4 ( phrasing, phrased, phrases )

1.N-COUNT A phrase is a short group of words that people often use as a way of saying something. The meaning of a phrase is often not obvious from the meaning of the individual words in it. 惯用语; 警句

2.N-COUNT A phrase is a small group of words that forms a unit, either on its own or within a sentence. 短语; 词组

3.V-T If you phrase something in a particular way, you express it in words in that way. 用言语表达

4.PHRASE If someone has a particular turn of phrase, they have a particular way of expressing themselves in words. 表述方式

5.to coin a phrase →see coin

Phrase Search 短语检索 ; 短语搜索 ; 词组检索 ; 词组搜索

Phrase reading 成组视读 ; 组视读 ; 意群阅读 ; 短语阅读

phrase degradation 短语降格

set phrase 固定搭配 ; 固定词组 ; 成语 ; 固定短语

gerundial phrase 动名词短语 ; 动名词词组

idiomatic phrase 常用的固定短语 ; 熟语

conjunctive phrase 连接短语

participle phrase 分词片语 ; 分词短语

key phrase 关键短语

noun phrase 名词短语

verb phrase 动词短语；动词词组

prepositional phrase 介词短语

phrase structure 短语结构；词组结构

catch phrase 妙句；引人注意的文句

pet phrase 口头禅