catchphrase
口头禅,口头语,口号,口诀
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : a phrase that attracts or is meant to attract attention.
- : a phrase, as a slogan, that comes to be widely and repeatedly used, often with little of the original meaning remaining.
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nounmotto
Examples
“To minimize sprawl” has become a bedrock catchphrase of the core political ideology.
She has a t-shirt that says “Fetch,” the catchphrase from Mean Girls!
The mother of five frantically jumps from one argument to the next as if playing a high stakes game of Catchphrase.
Dana Carvey made "wouldn't be prudent" the most famous catchphrase of Bush's dad.
Tim Gunn came back from being a catchphrase robot to a thoughtful mentor offering informed critiques of work in progress.
But the more up-to-date a thing may be, whether it be a popular catchphrase or a whole book, the more ephemeral is its existence.
And when a man wants to talk like that "how-do-you-do" is as good a catchphrase as the next to keep his tongue discreet.
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