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excursive

/ik-skur-siv/US // ɪkˈskɜr sɪv //UK // (ɪkˈskɜːsɪv) //

激动人心的,漫游,远足,激动人心

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : given to making excursions in speech, thought, etc.; wandering; digressive.
    • : of the nature of such excursions; rambling; desultory: excursive conversation.

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Examples

  • Fortunately I was too tired last night to be excursive in fancy, or I might have slept badly.

  • Such excursive enterprise was alien to the genius of the British colonies.

  • Anne blushed deeply, and stopped his too excursive discourse by hastily saying that she always respected old folks like him.

  • His conception of a great work is looser, more excursive, less dramatic.

  • The open face of nature by sea and land may here enliven the walls, and agree with the excursive feelings of the hour.