circumlocution
基本意思释义n.迂回的话语; 托词; 累赘的话; 累赘的说法词性变化复数:circumlocutions;形容
circumlocution读音音标
英[ˌsɜ:kəmləˈkju:ʃn]
美[ˌsɜrkəmləˈkjuʃn]
基本意思释义
n.迂回的话语; 托词; 累赘的话; 累赘的说法
词性变化
复数:circumlocutions;
形容词:circumlocutory;
短语及实用例句
It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution.
总是在你*想得到一个直截了当的回答时,格林菲尔德却要绕上十八个弯。
He is a master at circumlocution.
他讲话很会兜圈子.
《简明英汉词典》
\" The wife of your father\'s brother \" is a circumlocution for \" your aunt \".
“ 你爸爸的兄弟的妻子 ” 是 “ 你婶子 ” 的累赘的说法.
《简明英汉词典》
This sort of ritual circumlocution is common to many parts of mathematics.
这种繁冗的遁辞常见于数学的许多部分分式中.
辞典例句
It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution.
总是在你*想得到一个直截了当的回答时,格林菲尔德却要绕上十八个弯。
柯林斯例句
英英释义
Noun
1. a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
2. an indirect way of expressing something