单词 | periphrasis |
释义 | periphrasis /pa'nfrosis; pa'nfrasis/ n (pl -ases) /-asi: z; -azsiz/ roundabout way of speaking; circumlocution; (gram) using an auxiliary word in place of an inflected form, eg 'It does work' for 'It works', 'the word of God' for 'God's word'. 纡回的说法; 绕圈子的陈述; (文法) 纡说法 (用助动词代替字尾的变化,如用 ’It does work 代售 'It works, the word of God ,代替, God,s word,) 。periphrastic /.pen'fraestik; ypera'frasstik/ adj of ~. 纡回的; 转専四角的; 用纡说法表示的。 |
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