英语词汇“circumlocutory”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	circumlocutory
释义	circumlocutory, a.\|sɜːkəmˈlɒkjuːtərɪ\| [? f. circumlocution or its source: see -ory.] Marked by circumlocution, roundabout, periphrastic. 1659Instruct. Oratory (1682) 31 (T.) Circumlocutory: that not to be expressed in many words which may be as fully in one.1741Pope, &c., Mart. Scriblerus viii. (R.), Periphrase..being a diffused circumlocutory manner of expressing a known idea.1841Thackeray Crit. Rev. Wks. 1886 XXIII. 180 Are we bound..to speak of humbug only in a circumlocutory way?1870Jevons Elem. Logic xxxiii. 289 It will..oblige us to use a circumlocutory phrase.
随便看	subtleness subtleship subtlety subtlist subtlize subtly subtone subtonic subtopia subtopian subtotal subtract subtracter subtraction subtractive subtractor subtrahend subtray subtreasurer subtreasury subtriangular subtribe subtriple subtriplicate subtriplicated

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