periphrasis
英 [pə'rɪfrəsɪs]
美 [pə'rɪfrəsɪs]
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.)).
