circumlocutory

a. 拐弯抹角的, 迂回的

发音

UK /sɜː.kəm.ləʊˈkjuː.tə.ɹi/
US /sɝ.kəm.loʊˈkjuː.tɚ.i/

词形变化

more circumlocutory 比较级 most circumlocutory 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Characterised by circumlocution; overly wordy

    1727, Jonathan Swift (attributed), Martinus Scriblerus, or the Art of Sinking In Poetry Periphrase is another great aid to prolixity; being a diffused circumlocutory manner of expressing a known idea, which should be so mysteriously couched, as to give the reader the pleasure of guessing what it is, that the author can possibly mean; and a strange surprise, when he finds it.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

ambagious circumlocutious periphrastic

近义相关 1

indirect

词源

From circumlocution + -ory; compare Medieval Latin circumlocūtōrius from Classical Latin circumlocūtiō.

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