n.短语；习语；措辞；[音]乐句

vt.措词；将(乐曲)分成乐句

The new phrase is now on the tongue of men. 这个新短语现在正十分流行。

The teacher dictated the phrase to the class. 老师让全班同学听写这个短语。

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 speaker certainly knew how to turn a phrase. 该讲话者当然懂得如何措辞。

Four whipping bars, ff as well as marcatissimo, put a more or less vicious and peremptory end to the phrase. 四个鞭打般的小节，以带强调的最强音给乐句一个或多或少野蛮而断然的结束。

Notice syncopation in the second phrase where the accent falls after the first beat. 注意第二乐句中的切分音，重音在第一拍之后出现。

He paused as if to find a way to phrase his next thoughts. 他顿了一下，象是在考虑接下去要说的意思该怎样来措词表达。

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。

phrase用作名词时意思是“短语”“词组”,转化为动词后意为“叙述”“措词”。

phrase既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。