解释
- n. 迂回说法；折绕
※ 提供单词"periphrasis"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
periphrasis 迂回表达
peri-,在周围，-phrasis,表达，说话，词源同phrase,paraphrase.
英文词源
- 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.)).