periphrasis

英 [pə'rɪfrəsɪs] 美 [pə'rɪfrəsɪs]
  • n. 迂回说法;折绕
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periphrasis 迂回表达

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

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.)).