ambage

n. 模棱两可, 迂回的说法, 间接的说法

发音

其它 /ˈæmbɪd͡ʒ/

词形变化

ambages 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Evasive or ambiguous language; circumlocution.

    可数 文学 不可数

    Puttenham, Art of Poesie without any long studie or tedious ambage

  2. 2.

    An indirect or obscure path.

    可数 文学 不可数

词汇关系

词源

Inherited from Middle English ambages, from French ambage as well as its etymon Latin ambāgēs (“a roundabout or circuitous path”).

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