turn of phrase

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An expression which is worded in a distinctive way, especially one which is particularly memorable or artful. countable
    — "I should call it a most nice sort of surprise," remarked the girl with a quaintly un-English turn of phrase which he had already noticed and thought the most delightful thing in the world.
  2. A distinctive way of wording things, a distinctive way of writing or speaking. uncountable
    — This author has a beautiful turn of phrase.

词形变化

turns of phrase plural

词源

Compare trope, with same sense of turn to mean indirect language.
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