euphemism [ˈjuːfəmızəm] 名词
- euphemism
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The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination in the final pages of the book about sleeping the big sleep.
en.wikipedia.org The word highwayman is first known to be used in the year 1617; other euphemisms included knights of the road and gentlemen of the road.
en.wikipedia.org The latter phrase has been widely used as a euphemism for the grave, and has formed the title of several mystery novels.
en.wikipedia.org Phrases such as gone to a better world, gone before, and joined the silent majority served as euphemisms for died.
en.wikipedia.org Red can also be a euphemism for fair-skinned people in order not to call their color white and allow it to be associated with vitiligo.
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