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I cannot comprehend this phrase.
我无法理解这个片语。
One example will suffice for this phrase.
举一个例子说明这个词组就够了。
He tried to beat out the sense of every word and phrase.
他试图弄清楚每一个词语的意思。
Many hands make light work, to coin a phrase.
常言说，人多好干活。
This is an adjective phrase.
这是个形容词短语。
She has an apt turn of phrase for summing up a situation.
她很善於总结情况。
I have a few dictionaries to hand. I can get the meaning of the phrase for you in no time.
我手头有几本词典，马上就可查到那个短语的意思。
The phrase "secret diplomacy" has long been a red rag to American public opinion.
“秘密外交政策”的说法长期以来引起了美国公众的愤怒。
It is usually easier to pick out the meaning of a phrase in a given context.
在特定的上下文中理解一个短语的含意往往要更容易些。
The Church still regards their relationship as living in sin, but many people nowadays use the phrase as a joke.
教会仍视他们的关系为姘居，但目前许多人却把“姘居”这话当作笑话使用。
In grammar, an interjection is a word or a phrase used to express a strong feeling.
在语法中,感叹语是用来表达一种强烈感情的一个词或词组。
A phrase used instead of a normal message ending to indicate that the entire message, including heading, is to be disregarded.
用于替代正常信息结束符的一种短语，表示包括标题在内的整个信息都取消。
That's his favorite phrase.
那是他喜爱的文句。
A short significant phrase in a composition.
乐旨乐曲中简短而重要的短句
A superfluous word or phrase.
冗词多余的词或短语
A curved line indicating such a phrase; a slur.
连线表示这个乐句的弧线; 连线
A crudely indecent word or phrase; an obscenity.
下流话粗俗下流的词或短语; 下流话
A wordy phrase or sentence that has little meaning.
赘语无意义的施沓冗长的短语或句子
An idiomatic word, phrase, or expression.
习语，成语惯用的词语、短语或表达方式
An archaic word, phrase, idiom, or other expression.
古词，古语古词、古短语、古习语或其它表达(形式)
A group of notes intended to be played or sung as one phrase.
集接音符作为一个乐句演奏或演唱的一组音符
A phrase improvised by a soloist, especially on the guitar or banjo.
小过门一段由独奏演员即兴创作的乐句，尤指在吉它或班卓琴上完成的
A brief melodic or harmonic unit often constituting the base for a larger phrase or structure.
音型一组短而连贯的音符或和弦构成的基本音型，经常为一更大的乐曲或结构构成基础
A short, rehearsed jingle or phrase, shouted in unison by a squad of cheerleaders.
欢呼一小队啦啦队员齐声喊的短促、反复的音韵或短语
A line under something, such as a symbol, word, or phrase, used to indicate emphasis or italic type.
下划线划在符号，词或词组下的线，用以表示强调或斜体打印
Designating a cadence or chord progression from the dominant to the tonic at the end of a phrase or piece of music.
完全终止的在乐章或乐曲结尾指出由第五音到主音的和声或和弦的
A word, phrase, or manner of expression used chiefly by uneducated people.
俗语主要是没受过教育的人用的词汇、短语或表达方式
A secret word or phrase that one uses to gain admittance or access to information.
口令，暗号某人用来得以进入或获得信息所使用的秘密的单词或短语
A statement of the meaning of a word, phrase, or term, as in a dictionary entry.
释义对单词、短语或术语的意义的说明，如字典的词条中的解释
An inscribed phrase in which certain letters can be read as Roman numerals indicating a specific date.
题字题字，某些字母可以读作罗马数字，表示特定的日期，
A word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase, such as satin to stain.
换音造词法，回文构词法变换字母顺序以形成另一词，如Satin变为Stain
A rhythmically organized sequence of single tones so related to one another as to make up a particular phrase or idea.
旋律单个音符或乐音在节奏上的编排，以使之相互联系而组成一具体的乐句或意象
A word, a phrase, or an idiom peculiar to the English language, especially as spoken in England; a Briticism.
英国习语，英国特有用词，英国式的语言现象英语，尤其是在英语口语中所特有的单词、短语或习惯用语; 英国式语言现象
A word or words used after a verb to complete a predicate construction; for example, the phrase to eat ice cream in We like to eat ice cream.
补语跟在一个动词后的一个或几个单词共同组成的谓语结构; 例如，在我们喜欢吃冰淇淋一句中的短语吃冰淇淋
An arrangement of components in a circuit that splits the current into two or more paths. Used chiefly in the phrase in parallel.
并联一种把电流分成两条或多条通路的联接电路元件的方法。常用于短语inparallel中
She has a knack for turning a phrase.
她善于辞令。
The speaker certainly has a way with a phrase.
这位演讲者无疑善於辞令。
What word does this phrase come under?
这条片语可在哪个单字下查到?
A qualifying or amplifying word, phrase, or sentence inserted within written matter in such a way as to be independent of the surrounding grammatical structure.
插入成份，插入词在书写中插入的与上下文的语法结构没有关系的限定或补充的词、短语或句子
The new phrase is now on the tongue of men.
这个新短语现在正十分流行。
The phrase means to beg, to ask for a handout.
这个说法的意思是乞求或请求别人施舍。
The teacher dictated the phrase to the class.
老师让全班同学听写这个短语。
An ingenious or witty turn of phrase or thought.
别出心裁对习语或思想作有创意或巧妙的转用
What is the function of the prepositional phrase?
这个介词短语的作用是什么?
He hashed a phrase in order to colour the sentence.
他反复推敲一个习语以使该句增色。
The girl turned a pretty phrase.
女孩写出了一个漂亮的短语。
She will phrase a fugue of Bach's in these days.
这几天她将把巴赫的赋格曲分成旋律分句。
The phrase describes som eone very shy or tim id.
此短语用来形容非常害羞或胆怯的人。
This brilliant phrase was Jastrow's own.
这个出色的措词是杰斯特罗本人创造出来的。
The phrase has been in wide use from before 1950's.
这个词组从五十年代前起就被广泛运用了。