an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology
any artificially elegant style of language
Euphuism is a peculiar mannered style of English prose. It takes its name from a prose romance by John Lyly.
例句与用法
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To view the difference between chinese and western culture through euphuism 从委婉语看中西文化的差异