a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
an indirect way of expressing something
例句
用作名词 (n.)
He is a master at circumlocution. 他讲话很会兜圈子。
This sort of ritual circumlocution is common to many parts of mathematics. 这种繁冗的遁辞常见于数学的许多部分分式中。
The sort of circumlocution is required in nearly every use of a method that returns null in place of a zero length array. 类遁辞在几乎在零的长度列阵位置退回零位对方法的每个用途需要。
美
[ˌsɜːrkəmlə'kjuːʃn]
