circumlocution
/sur-kuhm-loh-kyoo-shuhn/US // ˌsɜr kəm loʊˈkyu ʃən //UK // (ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃən) //
绕口令,旁敲侧击,旁敲侧击法,旁白
Related Words
euphemism委婉语,委婉的说法,委婉说法,委婉语气diffuseness扩散性,弥散性,扩散度,扩散wordiness词汇量,字数,词汇量大,措辞roundabout迂回曲折,迂回,迂回式,绕行prolixity冗长的文字,冗长的语言,白话文,冗长的语速pleonasm赘语,赘言,赘词,赘述verbiage言语,语言文字,语词,语气词indirectness间接性,间接作用,间接,非直接性tautology同义词,同义反复,同义语,冗词periphrasis语气词,语境,句法,句子discursiveness讨论性,辨别力,辨识度,辨证法gassiness胃气,呕吐,呕吐症,呕吐物verbality动词性,动词,动词表,动词法
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
- : a roundabout expression.
Synonyms & Antonyms
nounindirect speech
Synonyms
diffuseness扩散性,弥散性,扩散度,扩散discursiveness讨论性,辨别力,辨识度,辨证法euphemism委婉语,委婉的说法,委婉说法,委婉语气indirectness间接性,间接作用,间接,非直接性periphrasis语气词,语境,句法,句子pleonasm赘语,赘言,赘词,赘述prolixity冗长的文字,冗长的语言,白话文,冗长的语速roundabout迂回曲折,迂回,迂回式,绕行tautology同义词,同义反复,同义语,冗词verbiage言语,语言文字,语词,语气词wordiness词汇量,字数,词汇量大,措辞beating around the bush拐弯抹角,绕弯子,绕口令,拐弯抹角的circumambages圆周率,周边环境,周围环境,周边环境的影响gassiness胃气,呕吐,呕吐症,呕吐物periphrase每句话,每一句话,每句话,每句verbal evasion口头回避,言语逃避,口头逃避,语言逃避verbality动词性,动词,动词表,动词法
Examples
On Monday, Mitt Romney stumbled into another ugly-yet-true circumlocution.
Mr. Kedge, without any circumlocution, asked whether he remembered any clerk of the name of Gordon having been in the house.
I took him outside the camp and without any circumlocution related the facts concerning his sister and Kirst.
He always disdained circumlocution, prided himself upon the directness and simplicity of his address.
The Polish composer Sowinski declared without circumlocution that Chopin "wrote admirably for the orchestra."
I have little time and no taste for circumlocution; I cannot conceal from myself that I am no favorite with your sister.
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