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

• Idioms as a set phrase, it is easy to understand, vivid contains and humorous, plays a very important role in teaching Chinese as a foreign language.
  惯用语作为一种固定词组，具有通俗易懂、生动形象、幽默含蓄等语言特点，在对外汉语教学中有着重要作用。
• 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。
• Did I say a set phrase just now?
  我刚说了一个成语啊？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We should always learn a new word in the context, for example, a set phrase, a sentence, or even a paragraph or a passage, which can surely help us understand it more deeply.
  我们总是应该在上下文中（比如固定搭配、句子、段落或者短文中）学习新词汇，这样肯定能帮助我们加深理解。
• Can you guess a set phrase with them?
  你能猜到一个成语吗？
• 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。
• A set phrase is always fixed.
  成语呢是固定格式的。