基本解释n.委婉说法；拐弯抹角的说法v.拐弯抹角[委婉]地说同根派生 英汉例句It is to be noted that the age of periphrase in verse was the age of crudities in prose. 值得注意的是，韵文晦涩的时代也就是散文粗劣的时代。