set phrase

短语

固定词组; 语

发音

其它

词形变化

set phrases 复数 set phrases

别名

fixed phrase

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An established expression whose wording is subject to little or no variation, and which may or may not be idiomatic.

    固定搭配

    语言学
  2. 2.

    An idiomatic expression in general.

    习惯用语

    成语

    语言学

    If it proves clearly unfeasible to make the audience laugh at a thin and far-fetched joke, it is always better to change the way the joke works . . . for instance, a pun based on the speaker's taking literally some set phrase or metaphor with a pun based on phonetic similarity.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

phrase idiom

上位词 3

saying expression locution

下位词 2

ruralism rusticism

词源

From set + phrase.

来源：wiktionary