请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 circumlocute
释义

circumlocutev.

/ˌsəːkəmləʊˈkjuːt/
Forms: Also 1500s -loquute.
Etymology: < Latin circumlocūt- participial stem of circumloqui.
a. transitive. To express by circumlocution, or periphrastically. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express copiously [verb (transitive)] > express by periphrasis
circumlocute1530
periphrase1624
circumlocutionize1822
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 33 Verbes passyves be circumlocuted thorowe all theyr modes.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 51 The preter perfect temps..in the frenche tonge is circumloquuted by these verbes ay and suis.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 192 But one worde, whiche the frenche tong circumlocuteth with thre or four wordes.
b. intransitive. To use circumlocution. (humorous.)
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > use periphrasis
to beat (formerly also go, wend, seek) about the bushc1440
wind1528
periphrase1652
to go about1815
circumlocute1859
circumlocutionize1886
to go (all) round the houses1958
1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. xiv. 390 I went to her and began to circumlocute.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
<
v.1530
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/24 13:24:03