| 单词 | circumlocution |
| 释义 | circumlocution —circumlocutory /serr'keuhm lok"yeuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, circumlocutional, circumlocutionary, adj. /serr'keuhm loh kyooh"sheuhn/, n. 1. a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea. 2. a roundabout expression. [1375-1425; late ME < L circumlocution- (s. of circumlocutio). See CIRCUM-, LOCUTION] Syn. 1. rambling, meandering, verbosity, prolixity. |
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