circumlocutory
导读:circumlocutory英[ˌsɜ:kəmlə'kju:tərɪ]美[ˌsɜkəmlə'kjutərɪ]adj.(行文说话等)委婉曲折的,迂回的;名词:circumlocution; 例句I entered the village by the little ci
circumlocutory
英[ˌsɜ:kəmlə'kju:tərɪ]美[ˌsɜkəmlə'kjutərɪ]
adj.(行文说话等)委婉曲折的,迂回的;
名词:circumlocution;
例句
I entered the village by the little circumlocutory lane.我由一条迂回曲折的小径进了村。
同义词
circumlocutory的同义词之:
roundabout英英词典释义
Adjective
1. roundabout and unnecessarily wordy;
"had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression""A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)