set phrase

英 [ˌset ˈfreɪz]

美 [ˌset ˈfreɪz]

n.  固定词组; 成语

牛津词典

noun

• 固定词组；成语
  a phrase that is always used in the same form
  1. Don't worry about the grammar, just learn this as a set phrase.
     别管语法，只要把这个作为固定词组来学习即可。

英英释义

noun

• an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
  Synonym:idiomidiomatic expressionphrasal idiomphrase

双语例句

• The set phrase "carrying faggots to put out a fire" is used to mean adopting a wrong method to save a situation and ending up by making it worse.
  成语“抱薪救火”比喻用错误的方法去消灭祸害，结果反而使祸害扩大。
• Will the miracle happen again? People often use the set phrase "staying by a stump waiting for more hares to come and dash themselves against it" to refer to persons dreaming to reap without sowing.
  人们后来就常用“守株待兔”这个成语来形容那些老梦想着不耕种就会有收获的人。
• Hence by this criterion, English idioms can be mainly classified into set phrase, colloquialism, proverb and slang.
  因此借由该标准，英语习语可以主要被分为固定词组，俗语，谚语和俚语。
• The advertising agents often produce clear and witty advertisement words by immitation on set phrase and popular sayings, poems and words of songs and plays.
  人们经常通过对成语与俗语、诗文与名句、歌词与戏文的仿拟，创造表义明确又妙趣横生的广告词。
• Hence too when we set some end before us, we say that we'conclude'to do something: a phrase which implies that we were, so to speak, open and accessible to this or that determination.
  因此当我们提出一个目的在前面时，我们又说，我们决定要做某件事，我们从而首先好像把我们看成是开阔的，我们可以接受这一规定或那一规定。
• Chinese proverb is a kind of special, idiomatic set phrase which has complex structures and cultural connotation.
  汉语成语是一种相沿习用的特殊固定词组，其结构方式复杂，文化内涵丰富。
• Chinese idiom is a kind of special, idiomatic set phrase which has complex structures and cultural connotation. It plays a very important role in Chinese learning among the foreign students.
  成语是在人们长期的生活实践中形成的一种固定词组，有着固定的结构方式和特定的文化内涵，是外国留学生学习汉语词汇和对外汉语词汇教学的难点。
• British English Dictionary with a long history is characterized by its British nature in pronunciation, spelling, meaning and grammar, strong linguistic characteristic, rich set phrase and idiom, compact arrangement and learner's English.
  英国的英语词典编纂史源远流长，其传统特色为：在语音、拼写、语意和语法上比较正规和传统，语言学性较强；成语、习语、词组和固定用语搭配较丰富；
• This set phrase is also used to refer to melodious music.
  这个成语也用来形容旋律优美的音乐。
• The set phrase means that a work of art is depicted very vividly, like the real thing.
  经常会用来形容美术等文艺作品对事物的刻画非常准确，就好像真的一样。