circumlocutory

circumlocutory读音音标

英[ˌsɜ:kəmlə\\\'kju:tərɪ]

美[ˌsɜkəmlə\\\'kjutərɪ]

基本意思释义

adj.（行文说话等）委婉曲折的，迂回的

词性变化

名词:circumlocution;

短语及实用例句

I entered the village by the little circumlocutory lane.

我由一条迂回曲折的小径进了村。

辞典例句

英英释义

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)