1778, from Greek metaphrastikos "paraphrastic," from metaphrasis "paraphrase," from metaphrazein "to paraphrase, translate," from meta- (see meta-) + phrazein "to show, tell" (see phrase (n.)). Related: metaphrastically (1570s).
双语例句
1. John is making a periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion.
约翰正在对陈腐的诗风做迂回冗长的研究。
来自辞典例句
2. Most finite verbal forms diachronically derive from nominalizations and periphrastic constructions with auxiliary verbs.
