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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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