circumbendibus

n. 兜圈子的说法, 拐弯抹角的过程

发音

其它 /sɝkm̩ˈbɛndɪbəs/

词形变化

circumbendibi circumbendibuses 复数 circumbendibuses circumbendibi 复数 more circumbendibus 比较级 most circumbendibus 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A roundabout route or process

    幽默

    After he had moved into the house and repaired it Mrs. Mary L. Bacon remembers standing with him one day and looking over the winding flag stones leading up to his front door. “And what is this,” he said, “a circumbendibus?”

  2. 2.

    A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing

    幽默
adj.
  1. 1.

    indirect or roundabout

    幽默

    The only irresistible inference that can be deduced from a bare perusal of this judgment is that it is circumbendibus in its tenor vague and conjectural in its logic and in fine it is a remarkable piece of a political document.

词源

* From Latin circum (“round about”) (compare English circum-) + English bend + Latin -ibus

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