multi-word expression

短语

词形变化

multi-word expressions 复数 multi-word expressions

别名

multiword expression MWE

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A lexeme-like unit made up of a sequence of two or more words that has properties that are not predictable from the properties of the individual words or their normal mode of combination, such as an idiom ("pay the piper"), a phrasal noun ("steam iron"), a phrasal preposition ("in front of"), or a phrasal verb ("buy off").

    语言学