periphrasis
英 [p?'r?fr?s?s]
美[p?'r?fr?s?s]
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?periphrases;形容詞:?periphrastic;
中文詞源
periphrasis 迂回表達(dá)peri-,在周圍，-phrasis,表達(dá)，說(shuō)話，詞源同phrase,paraphrase.
英文詞源
- periphrasis
- periphrasis: see phrase
- periphrasis (n.)
- 1530s, from Latin periphrasis "circumlocution," from Greek periphrasis, from periphrazein "speak in a roundabout way," from peri- "round about" (see peri-) + phrazein "to express" (see phrase (n.)).