paraphrase
n.
1540s, from Middle French paraphrase (1520s), from Latin paraphrasis "a paraphrase," from Greek paraphrasis "a free rendering," from paraphrazein "to tell in other words," from para- "beside" (see para-(1)) + phrazein "to tell" (see phrase, n.).
v.
c.1600, from paraphrase, n. or from French paraphraser. Related: Paraphrased; paraphrasing.
〔李〕[para-=beside旁；phrase=to say说⇒“to say or explain beside 在旁边作说明”→] v. state the meaning of（a passage）in other words 释义，意译
〔李〕[para-;phras;-e] n.释义 v.将……释义； 意译 ←phras (GK phrazein)=to speak 说