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periphrasis

英 [pə'rɪfrəsɪs] 美 [pə'rɪfrəsɪs]

n. 迂回说法；折绕

中文词源

periphrasis 迂回表达

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

英文词源

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.)).