circuitous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /sɜːˈkjuːɪtəs/    美 /sɚˈkjuːətəs/|/sɚˈkjuːɪtəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Not direct or to the point.
  2. Being a long and winding route.
    — I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.

词形变化

more circuitous comparative most circuitous superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
circuitously circuitousness uncircuitous

词源

First attested in 1664. From Latin circuitōsus, from circuitus, from circumeō (“to go around”), from circum (“around”) + eō (“to go”). By surface analysis, circuit + -ous.
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