| 单词 | long-winded |
| 释义 | long-winded (once / 9141 pages) adj Someone who's long-winded takes way too long to tell a story or give a speech. Once your long-winded history teacher gets started on an anecdote about the Civil War, everyone in the class sighs deeply. A long-winded explanation is one that uses many words when just a few would do. And your grandfather's long-winded toasts before Thanksgiving dinner inevitably end in everyone's food getting cold before they can start eating it. An older meaning of this word was "able to do something for a long time without losing one's breath," but the modern definition dates from the 1580s, when it specifically meant "given to lengthy speeches." WORD FAMILYlong-winded USAGE EXAMPLESMarías’s novels are cerebral and allusive, long-winded in the best sense. The New Yorker(Dec 08, 2016) Which, if nothing else, suggests introspection is a long-winded process. The Guardian(Dec 05, 2016) “Austria and also France have had a very long-winded journey with populism over the past 20 years or so,” Ms. Hoffman said. Washington Times(Nov 24, 2016) adj using or containing too many words long-winded (or windy) speakers Syn tedious, verbose, windy, wordy prolix tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length |
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