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单词 circumvolution
释义 circumvolution
 —circumvolutory /sur'keuhm veuh looh"teuh ree/,  adj.  
 /serr'keuhm veuh looh"sheuhn/,  n.  
  1. the act of rolling or turning around: planetary circumvolution.
  2. a single complete turn or cycle.
  3. a winding or folding about something: the circumvolutions of a boa.
  4. a fold so wound: the circumvolution of a snail shell.
  5. a winding in a sinuous course; a sinuosity: the circumvolutions of the river.
  6. a roundabout course or procedure, or an instance of such: The speaker's circumvolutions bored the audience to tears.
 [1400-50; late ME < ML circumvolution- (s. of circumvolutio), equiv. to L circumvolut(us) (ptp. of circumvolvere to CIRCUMVOLVE) (circum- CIRCUM- + volu- ptp. s. of volvere to roll + -tus ptp. suffix) + -ion- -ION]
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