单词	desultory
释义	desultorydes‧ul‧to‧ry /ˈdesəltəri, ˈdez- $ -tɔːri/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINdesultory Origin: 1500-1600 Latin desultorius, from desilire ‘to jump down’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a desultory conversation EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Conversation was desultory for we were all exhausted though Mandeville declared that tomorrow he would spread his net. Curious, therefore, that the reception was so desultory. He answered a few questions in a desultory fashion, even, it seemed, a little grudgingly. It perfectly caught the air of feebleness which has characterised months of desultory chatter. She greets us in a desultory way, nothing at all like her usual greeting. The peace of Utrecht ended the war proper in 1713, but desultory skirmishes carried on until 1714. Yet sedimentation and disappearing marshes alone can not explain the thickening of the bay's waters and its desultory humours. done without any particular plan or purpose:  They talked briefly in a desultory manner.—desultorily /ˈdesəltərəli, ˈdez- $ -tɔːrəli/ adverb
随便看	cauliflower ear caulk causal causality causally causation causative cause cause célèbre causeway caustic caustically cauterize caution cautionary cautious cautiously cautiousness cavalcade Cavalier cavalier cavalry cavalryman cave caveat

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