| 单词 | circuitous |
| 释义 | circuitous adjective formaluk/sɜːˈkjuː.ɪ.təs/us/sɝːˈkjuː.ə.t̬əs/notstraightordirect: 迂回的，绕行的a circuitousroute/path迂回路线 a circuitous(=longandindirect)explanation转弯抹角的解释 Geometry: describing angles, lines & orientations
circuitous| American Dictionarycircuitous adjective us/sərˈkju·ɪ·t̬əs/notstraightordirect;roundabout: We took a circuitousroutehome. circuitouslyadverbus/sərˈkju·ɪ·t̬əs·li/ Thetraintrackswoundcircuitously through thecanyons. Examplesofcircuitouscircuitous Which is, of course, the oddlycircuitoustruth. From theCambridge English Corpus It is reached by a rathercircuitousprocessional route, incorporating a grand staircase. From theCambridge English Corpus It does this by performing a loop of itscircuitoustrail. From theCambridge English Corpus This concern encourages a distinctlycircuitouswriting style which does little for clarity and leads to both repetition and contradiction. From theCambridge English Corpus The morecircuitousroute involving a two-level adoption and implementation procedure used by international organisations is avoided. From theCambridge English Corpus Other crucial passages in the chapter on fantasia include a passage oncircuitousmodulations; this category forms my main concern in what follows. From theCambridge English Corpus The path from the street to the main living space iscircuitous: it contains changes in direction that total at least 278. From theCambridge English Corpus Circuitouspath to front door from street *10. From theCambridge English Corpus Circuitouspath from front door to living *25. From theCambridge English Corpus Their methods are necessarilycircuitousbecause the boundaries are invisible but many. From theCambridge English Corpus In particular, it must have followed acircuitoustrail. From theCambridge English Corpus It is also worth noting that a trail iscircuitousif and only if every finite subtrail is. From theCambridge English Corpus They indicate the symbolized,circuitousform in which knowledge is manifested. From theCambridge English Corpus Because of institutional restrictions, both women earned their doctorates bycircuitousroutes. From theCambridge English Corpus The path to the front door from the street iscircuitous: it contains changes in direction that total at least 1808. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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