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A catchphrase is a short, well-known line that sticks to one person. An or a politician says it so often, or so , that when you hear those words you see their face.
A catchphrase is a short, well-known linecatchphrase是一句簡短、大家都知道的話 that sticks to one person跟某一個人黏在一起 An entertainer or a politician says it so often, or so famously一個藝人或政治人物講得太常、太出名 that when you hear those words you see their face讓你一聽到那句話就想到他的臉
It comes from catch + phrase: the phrase is meant to catch in the mind, like a hook, and stay there. It is usually brief and easy to repeat, not a long speech.
It comes from catch + phrase這個字來自catch（抓住）加phrase（句子） the phrase is meant to catch in the mind這句話就是要抓住人的腦袋 like a hook像個鉤子一樣 and stay there然後留在那裡 It is usually brief and easy to repeat它通常很短、容易重複 not a long speech不是一段長篇演講
A company slogan is close, but a catchphrase belongs to a person more than to a brand. Though actually some catchphrases start with one speaker and then everyone copies them, until the first person almost drops out of the story.
A company slogan is close公司的slogan（口號）跟它很接近 but a catchphrase belongs to a person more than to a brand但catchphrase屬於一個人，比較不屬於品牌 Though actually不過事實上 some catchphrases start with one speaker有些catchphrase是從一個人開始講的 and then everyone copies them然後大家都跟著講 until the first person almost drops out of the story直到最初講的那個人幾乎從故事裡消失
People also stretch it to any line a sitcom character says every week. It is on purpose; that is the point.
People also stretch it大家也把這個字延伸用 to any line a sitcom character says every week去講情境喜劇角色每週都會說的那句話 It is catchy on purpose它是故意要讓人朗朗上口的 that is the point這就是重點
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
catchphrasenoun
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A repeated expression, often originating in popular culture.
- Frequently, catch phrases are not, in the grammarians' sense, phrases at all, but sentences. Catch phrases, like the closely linked proverbial sayings, are self-contained, as, obviously, clichés are too. Catch phrases are usually more pointed and ‘human’ than clichés, although the former sometimes arises from, and often they generate, the latter. Occasionally, catch phrases stem from too famous quotations.
- For Tigger, he created a slight lisp and laugh, crediting his British wife with Tigger's "TTFN" catchprase - "ta-ta for now", itself coming from BBC radio comedy It's That Man Again.
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A signature phrase of a particular person or group.
- Instead, bro country songs string together a formulaic subset of tropes about beer sipping, truck driving, sunglasses wearing, unpaved roads, and tanned girls in shorts, typically building to a predictable catchphrase singsong chorus.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。