postilion sentence

短语

词形变化

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释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A phrase that is linguistically correct, but of no realistically practical use.

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词源

Refers to the phrase "My postillion has been struck by lightning," said to be an example of the unusual terms found in some 19th- and early 20th-century phrasebooks.

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