英语词汇“euphemizing”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

euphemizing

释义

euphemism /ūˈfi-mi-zm or -fə-/

noun

A figure of rhetoric by which an unpleasant or offensive thing is described or referred to by a milder term
Such a term

ORIGIN: Gr euphēmismos, from euphēmizein to speak words of good omen, from eu well, and phanai to speak

euphemistˈic adjective

euphemistˈically adverb

euˈphemize or euˈphemise transitive verb

To express by a euphemism

intransitive verb

To use euphemistic terms

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