英语词汇“circuitous”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	circuitous
释义	Trends of circuitous View usage for: circuitous (səʳkjuːɪtəs) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A circuitous route is long and complicated rather than simple and direct. [formal] The cabdriver took them on a circuitous route to the police station. Stuart came into film-making via a circuitous route. More Synonyms of circuitous circuitous in British English (səˈkjuːɪtəs) adjective indirect and lengthy; roundabout a circuitous route Derived forms circuitously (cirˈcuitously) adverb circuitousness (cirˈcuitousness) noun circuitous in American English (sərˈkjuətəs) adjective roundabout; indirect; devious Derived forms circuitously (cirˈcuitously) adverb circuitousness (cirˈcuitousness) noun Word origin ML circuitosus < L circuitus: see circuit Examples of 'circuitous' in a sentence circuitous Tube lines heading east are jam-packed with people taking wildly circuitous routes to work. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Yet most successful adults got where they are by circuitous paths. Times, Sunday Times (2015) She came to the charity through a circuitous route. Times, Sunday Times (2012) What a long and circuitous way it took before it found a home in our Western nurseries! Travers, P L What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story (1989) So they have to snake their way up circuitous routes, through canyons and valleys. Christianity Today (2000) For a player regularly accused of taking the circuitous route rather too often on the pitch, he is compulsively candid off it. Times, Sunday Times (2012) He was still taking this circuitous route to the top of the leaderboard on the 16th with another poor tee shot well to the right. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The roads bend and drop, following an older topography, the memory of more circuitous journeys. Times, Sunday Times (2009) My brother dropping it off, after a circuitous route, in a wooded area. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It became, by a circuitous route, a bestseller. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It has been a circuitous route from England to his office at the WRU. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Buses are also a good bet, but take circuitous routes, so might be hard to get your head around when you first arrive. Times, Sunday Times (2007) 1 (adjective) in the sense of indirect Definition indirect and lengthy They were taken on a circuitous route home. Synonyms indirect The goods went by a rather indirect route. winding a long and winding road rambling He wrote a rambling letter to his sister. roundabout a roundabout route meandering We crossed a meandering stream. tortuous long and tortuous negotiations labyrinthine The streets of the Old City are narrow and labyrinthine. ambagious (archaic) Opposites direct , straight , unswerving , undeviating , as the crow flies 2 (adjective) in the sense of oblique He has a pedantic and circuitous writing style. Synonyms oblique It was an oblique reference to his time in prison. indirect Her remarks amounted to an indirect appeal for aid. ambagious (archaic) Additional synonyms in the sense of labyrinthine The streets of the Old City are narrow and labyrinthine. Synonyms mazelike, winding, tangled, intricate, tortuous, convoluted, mazy in the sense of meandering We crossed a meandering stream. Synonyms winding, wandering, snaking, tortuous, convoluted, serpentine, circuitous in the sense of rambling Definition (of speech or writing) confused and long-winded He wrote a rambling letter to his sister. Synonyms long-winded, incoherent, disjointed, prolix, irregular, diffuse, disconnected, desultory, wordy, circuitous, discursive, digressive, periphrastic Nearby words of circuitous circa circle circuit circuitous circuitousness circular circulate Synonyms of 'circuitous' circuitous Explore 'circuitous' in the dictionary
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