| 单词 | desultory |
| 释义 | desultory —desultorily, adv. —desultoriness, n. /des"euhl tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj. 1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation. 2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark. [1575-85; < L desultorius pertaining to a desultor (a circus rider who jumps from one horse to another), equiv. to desul-, var. s. of desilire to jump down (de- DE- + -silire, comb. form of salire to leap) + -torius -TORY1] Syn. 1. See haphazard. |
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