n.[C]

1. 短语，词组
   Try to learn by heart these English words and phrases.

   努力把这些英语单字和短语记住。

2. 成语，惯用语
3. 措辞，说法
   The speaker certainly has a way with a phrase.

   这位演讲者无疑善于辞令。

4. 警句
5. 【音】乐句

vt.

1. 用言语表达，用（词）[O]
   She phrased her refusal politely.

   她婉言谢绝了。

2. 【音】把……分成各乐节

n.

1. a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit.
   ▸an idiomatic or short pithy expression.
2. Music  a group of notes forming a distinct unit within a longer passage.

v.

1. put into a particular form of words.
2. [often as noun phrasing] divide (music) into phrases in a particular way.