核心畫面
Picture someone's idea being poured into a different container: the shape of the words changes, the content is meant to stay the same. Shorter, clearer, in your own wording — but still their point, not yours.
可以想成：把別人的意思倒進另一個容器裡——字的形狀變了，內容應該還是同一份。可以更短、更清楚、換成自己的說法，但講的…更多收起
可以想成：把別人的意思倒進另一個容器裡——字的形狀變了，內容應該還是同一份。可以更短、更清楚、換成自己的說法，但講的仍然是對方的意思，不是你的。這個字同時指這個動作，也指做出來的那段文字。原始詞典資料3 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。
paraphrasenoun/ˈpæɹəfɹeɪz/
- 1
A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning or from memory rather than verbatim.
- Near-synonym: paraphrasis
- close paraphrase
- 2
One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise.
paraphraseverb/ˈpæɹəfɹeɪz/
- 1
To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. To repeat a written or spoken phrase/quote using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form, or sometimes in a humorous context.
- She asked the student to paraphrase the passage.
- Adult-literacy scores have also dropped: Nearly 30 percent of American adults cannot paraphrase or make inferences from a multipage text. In 2017, that number was less than 20 percent.
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。