circumlocution
n . 婉转曲折的说法
婉转曲折的说法
circumlocution n 1 :
a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things [
synonym : {
circumlocution }, {
periphrasis }, {
ambage }]
2 :
an indirect way of expressing something [
synonym :
{
circumlocution }, {
indirect expression }]
Circumlocution \
Cir `
cum *
lo *
cu "
tion \,
n . [
L .
circumlocutio ,
fr .
circumloqui , -
locutus ,
to make use of circumlocution ;
circum loqui to speak .
See {
Loquacious }.]
The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few ;
indirect or roundabout language ;
a periphrase .
[
1913 Webster ]
the plain Billingsgate way of calling names . . .
would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution . --
Swift .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Circumlocution office },
a term of ridicule for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials .
[
1913 Webster ]
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "
circumlocution ":
ambages ,
anfractuosity ,
circling ,
circuition ,
circuitousness ,
circuitry ,
circularity ,
circulation ,
circumambages ,
circumambience ,
circumambiency ,
circumambulation ,
circumbendibus ,
circumflexion ,
circummigration ,
circumnavigation ,
circumvolution ,
convolution ,
crinkle ,
crinkling ,
deviance ,
deviancy ,
deviation ,
deviousness ,
digression ,
excursion ,
excursus ,
flexuosity ,
flexuousness ,
gyre ,
gyring ,
indirection ,
intorsion ,
involution ,
meander ,
meandering ,
obliqueness ,
orbit ,
orbiting ,
periphrase ,
periphrasis ,
pleonasm ,
redundancy ,
rivulation ,
roundabout ,
roundaboutness ,
rounding ,
sinuation ,
sinuosity ,
sinuousness ,
slinkiness ,
snakiness ,
spiral ,
spiraling ,
tautology ,
torsion ,
tortility ,
tortuosity ,
tortuousness ,
turn ,
turning ,
twisting ,
undulation ,
verbality ,
wave ,
waving ,
wheeling ,
winding
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