- euphemism (for something)
an indirect word or phrase that people often use to refer to something embarrassing or unpleasant, sometimes to make it seem more acceptable than it really is 委婉语；委婉说法 ‘Pass away’ is a euphemism for ‘die’. “去世” 是 “死” 的委婉语。 ‘User fees’ is just a politician's euphemism for taxes. “用户费” 不过是政治家对 “税款” 的委婉说法。
WordfinderTopics Languagec1Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Greek euphēmismos, from euphēmizein ‘use auspicious words’, from eu ‘well’ + phēmē ‘speaking’.
🔍 牛津詞典 🎯
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典
檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
- Panacea 108
- Sapient 95
- perpetually 85
- frosty 367
- ecstatic 220
- muesli 71
- Difficulty 324
- diagram 627
- puma 204
- residuary 49
- Scarce 232
- Maundy money 84
- coolant 126
- Prestigious 316
- wank 88
- love handles 72
- spray 860
- bugger all 95
- Gymnastics 116
- ionize 62
- Cap 163
- fairy tale 220
- jumpiest 39
- golfer 310
- Inevitable 312
- retired 272
- crucial 742
- honest 594
- foreclose 121
- Yearning 58
- metre 561
- essayist 130
- Whom 512
- hastier 90
- goon 292
- Englishman 428
- mechanize 88
- Consortium 223
- contract 676
- direct object 113
- wonky 72
- assault 294
- voyage 660
- income 574
- pilgrimage 236
- aforesaid 80
- dialling tone 126
- data-mining 58
- mought 36
- Customs and Excise 88
- Monetary 174
- shotproof 38
- cure 598
- celluloid 134
- demeanour 203
- curious 583
- bluestocking 109
- trilogy 202
- doofus 134
- Halfway 159
- Signs 45
- choirboy 104
- water lily 79
- ks 58
- Remand 40
- Climate 377
- tin 656
- coastal 1370
- jihadist 48
- Stoop 56
- propensity 138
- Ordnance 40
- Frost 104
- founding member 102
- cuisine 198
- Methodist 57
- physiology 61
- mampoer 39
- fluoridation 102
- devastating 262
- litany 87
- mandrake 66
- assumable 57
- catchword 133
- layette 58
- shipper 54
- sane 429
- Superior 171
- watchword 49
- aesthetic 207
- Demeanor 27
- doree 33
- open up 126
- occupation 577
- barricade 153
- Warehouse 517
- infantryman 74
- Programming 83
- harridan 67
- groupware 118
- greyish 77
- unchanged 70
- Upper 129
- FROM 66
- Renowned 102
- Mild 91
- symbolism 281
- cuddly 169
- couturier 120
- museum 538
- pamphlet 348
- radiocarbon dating 50
- graduated 107
- Pry 141
- tribunal 210
- hoagy 37
- ilr 57
- Propel 148
- equable 83
- Solidarity 173
- ankle 549
- pla 51
- Temperate 106
- Korea 75
- Branch 366
- perfectionism 109
- serge 83
- Premeditated 234
- platform game 62
- escrow 67
- broad 486
- navel 235
- outbulge 38
- frag 181
- maladroit 83
- flippant 140
- Germany 436
- cultishness 57
- happening 88
- grommet 116
- punk 279
- agent provocateur 170
- frequently 516
- Names 44
- increment 74
- adulation 192
- moxie 59
- corralling 62
- To feel offended or insulted 62
- Hospitable 371
- pm 237
- oj 82
- Zipper 113
- obsessing 23
- mentor 261
- machete 196
- Rain 284
- sleepwalk 54
- sudden 573
- effective 658
- misfire 80
- factory farming 98
- Revival 69
- fantastic 296
- Ostensible 168
- oneself 470
- spacing 64
- ardent 266
- plummiest 29
- define 613
- playbill 69
- billingsgate 53
- similar 338
- irritability 301
- evasive 166
- ageism 167
- Bliss 205
- reproach 613
- Attentive 141
- impart 178
- precipice 208
- extensional 69
- usefulness 81
- highbrow 215
- notation 62
- obvious 499
- Withdrawal 69
- victor 113
- Pensive 128
- Vacate 27
- As well 81
- ethnocentric 161
- Guam 92
- scowl 97
- Baggie™ 93
- ahoy 118
- obliteration 97
- mainly 515
- stimulate 613
- Hygiene 130
- Typing thesaurus 38
- Using 49
- pervert 222
- leftward 62
- hair's breadth 78
- benzene 119
- auxin 52
- high rise 69
- agreement 348
- Pupil 158
- corporatist 64
- comprehensive 618
- shelter 579
- homy 63
- makeup 175
- Aga 86
- Pressure 274
- sorbet 72
- airfreight 49
- beloved 640
- Heating 187
- headland 70
- grassy 147
- Booth 207
- win capture steal someone s heart 76
- leafier 37
- wimple 51
- as well 95
- heir 560
- Proposal 248
- accord 737
- dexterous 140
- inflammation 281
- blouse 172
- slosh 74
- Emotive 278
- precipitously 153
- husband 309
- snobbery 73
- Sue 98
- Dutch auction 109
- damned 238
- hemispheric 49
- shutdown 196
- oriental 650
- travel 371
- gory 280
- terrain 254
- understate 79
- Elucidate 147
- levellers 34
- Printout 280
- direction 589
- laurasia 44
- pangolin 75
- convenience store 94
- Valley 222
- ethnicity 138
- slug 115
- greenpeace 142
- knowledgeable 219
- Costly 129
- like lemmings 130
- lienal 32
- virgin 99
- test the water(s) 65
- high road 85
- blood test 122
- Unaltered 123
- hole 631
- mash 75
- pickled 68
- pique 85
- despite 503
- Willing 122
- moron 225
- subtlety 113
- aid 625
- disembowel 132
- irascible 59
- alveolar 107
- dining room 151
- the fourth dimension 82
- multinational 251
- magnitude 283
- amp 212
- theorist 78
- cobalt 123
- Learned 104
- YouTube™ 77
- chai 98
- friary 93
- slurring 45
- antibacterial 112
- receiver 483
- Encounter 272
- rewired 53
- jealousy 109
- brow 574
- Entire 343
- fascism 157
- cyclone 633
- radish 874
- Displacement 67
- multiplicity 73
- positioning 101
- gesture 555
- Portray 128
- limewater 50
- Countless 178
- reputed 62
- bashful 127
- responsive 155
- unsteadiest 32
- eastwards 100
- subtle 526
- aarp 53
- Sled 78
- tower 517
- treaty 526
- see 414
- huarache 56
- smoulder 122
- upstanding 117
- Hazard 137
- post- 233
- -athon 59
- emporia 66
- sackbut 117
- chug-a-lug 52
- Erratic 19
- spatter 221
- composition 607
- convertible 157
- crammed 131
- chalk 583
- ben 129
- Outstrip 103
- stateroom 73
- colonel 766
- islamic 45
- co-author 92
- fox 554
- culture shock 115
- come in 188
- food chain 144
- eater 280
- eldest 122
- matted 90
- Filmmaker 88
- plebeian 75
- rideable 42
- whirlpool 69
- wraith 72
- omega 111
- universal credit 27
- Fabulous 277
- Capsize 163
- mummerset 42
- Confined 275
- eyrie 123
- determinedly 160
- squinty 31
- heptathlete 42
- swap places 80
- captain 698
- fairly 618
- nuff 43
- cavalryman 92
- Insurance 231
- supersize 65
- apartness 76
- excommunicate 159
- cecum 103
- autopilot 106
- pathologic 93
- direct current 112
- spokesman 88
- grope 329
- explode 593
- essex 51
- torch 520
- ordeal 275
- dismissive 182
- peer 371
- leach 209
- pan pipes 85
- glastonbury 55
- SERVICE 222
- spartan 56
- reason 364
- under- 95
- conversational 219
- self interest 88
- come out with 174
- inheritable 56
- shilly-shally 62
- Incurable 109
- Stereotype 151
- allegory 162
- Servant 125
- be no use (to somebody) 58
- enrolment 173
- Roundabout 15
- minus 467
- asparagus 130
- pedagogic 91
- double life 107
- face time 110
- Toaster 145
- grow up 143
- Lozenge 136
- balalaika 187
- elderly 516
- flimsy 147
- heartily 106
- bobby pin 137
- Reclaim 238
- dentistry 111
- Millennial 87
- murder 778
- act 1031
- incarcerate 144
- astute 132
- hamper 421
- Voluntary 60
- Cracker 87
- lichenology 34
- Meant 225
- particularities 32
- credo 110
- common law 112
- capsule 164
- homestead 173
- servicer 57
- omelette 180
- knacked 34
- statistical 517
- corkage 99
- climbing 116
- moonlighting 39
- plenitude 63
- sneeze 224
- characterless 129
- Wail 103
- first degree 118
- tender 536
- partially 613
- illegal 671
- backfire 198
- patience 625
- plus 598
- freight car 105
- madeira 79
- element 546
- tinsel 80
- Disapproving 296
- small-time 114
- approve 591
- craven 122
- ginseng 155
- ghosts 60
- wembley 56
- the cost of living 136
- gharial 41
- superior court 97
- anecdote 166
- betting 113
- rhythm 622
- adequacy 127
- predestination 58
- hornbeam 55
- bristle 477
- nappe 39
- bookbinding 111
- robber 556
- rep 121
- divergent 311
- manservant 62
- sightseeing 525
- neuro- 234
- outvote 100
- customs 178
- Campaigner 115
- putrefy 76
- dedicate 275
- semiology 35
- midsummer 76
- bully 267
- straggle 68
- gerard 37
- village 262
- besiegement 20
- bahraini 99
- car 343
- comma 125
- February 91
- stepping-stone 46
- narrate 295
- co-star 139
👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 牛津詞典 📚 – oxford.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文