phrasal
adjective
languagespecializeduk/ˈfreɪ.zəl/us/ˈfreɪ.zəl/formingorrelatingto agroupof words that ispartof,ratherthan thewholeof, asentence:
短语的;词组的Bothdialectshave the same phrasalorderingbut some differentlexicalitems.两种方言具有相同的短语词序,但有一些不同的词汇。
formingorrelatingto ashortgroupof words that are often used together and have aparticularmeaning:
习语的Phrasal sets like "shutup" and "kickthebucket" cannot beunderstoodas asumoftheirparts.像“shut up”和“kick the bucket”这样的习语不能按字面意思理解。(“shut up”意味“闭嘴”,不是“关上”;“kick the bucket”意为“死掉”,不是“踢桶”。)
- There is adifferencebetween using a word in a phrasaldefinitionandsuggestingit as apresumablysubstitutablesynonym.
- There is arelationshipbetween wordorderand phrasalstress.
- Swedishlearnersgenerallytendedtochoosephrasalexpressionsmore often than did the Finns.
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phrase