periphrasis的词源

英文词源

periphrasis

periphrasis: see phrase

periphrasis (n.)

1530s, from Latin periphrasis "circumlocution," from Greek periphrasis, from periphrazein "speak in a roundabout way," from peri- "round about" (see peri-) + phrazein "to express" (see phrase (n.)).

中文词源

periphrasis：迂回表达

peri-,在周围，-phrasis,表达，说话，词源同phrase,paraphrase.

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