прилагательное · редкое

circuitous

circuitous · more circuitous · most circuitous

окольно, окольный, петляющий

umständlich, weitschweifig, indirekt, umschweifend

Not direct or to the pointNot direct or to the point.

UK/sɜːˈkjuːɪtəs/US/sɚˈkjuːətəs/

» The train made a circuitous route back to the city center every day.

Значение

значений: 2

Not direct or to the point.
weitschweifig, umständlich, indirekt
окольноokolʹno
Being a long and winding route.
weitläufig, verwunden, umständlich
окольныйokolʹnyj, петляющийpetljajuščij

Ещё определения

marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
deviating from a straight course

Примеры

предложений: 2

The train made a circuitous route back to the city center every day.
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Since the trail is so circuitous, it sometimes feels like you aren't getting any closer to the peak.
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Переводы

языков: 6

Русский

По значениям 2

not direct or to the point:

being a long and winding route:

Deutsch

По значениям 2

not direct or to the point:

being a long and winding route:

Происхождение

First attested in 1664. From Latin circuitōsus, from circuitus, from circumeō (“to go arou

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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