| 词汇 | turn of phrase |
| 释义 | turn of phraseturn of phrase a) EXPRESSthe ability to say things in a clever or funny way 巧妙风趣的口才 Kate has a colourful turn of phrase. 凯特说话很有趣。 b) WORD, PHRASE, OR SENTENCEa particular way of saying something 说法；措辞 SYN expression What a strange turn of phrase! 这种说法真奇怪！ Examples from the Corpus turn of phrase• His brilliant turns of phrase, his dark, brooding eyes tempted me.• It demands complicated puns, archaic semantic associations, and other comic turns of phrase.• It was his habitual turn of phrase.• He had a happy turn of phrase.• Kant was not noted for his turn of phrase-his style was usually a plodding one.• For most of us, however, these are all metaphors, turns of phrase.• He was a slow-talking Mississippian with a penchant for the rustic turn of phrase and a gift for storytelling.• Sorry, an unfortunate turn of phrase, but maybe not so inaccurate. → turn of phrase at turn2(6) |
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