流逝汉英词典

prolix

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 ['prəʊlɪks; prə'lɪks]
  • 美式音标 [ˈproʊ.lɪks]
  • 国际音标 ['prəuliks, prəu'l-]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj.羅嗦的；冗長的

词根记忆

  • pro(許多) + lix(來自lex)→話語太多→嗦的

同根派生

  • n性質的同根詞
    prolixity：冗長；羅嗦。

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • Prithee , darlingmost! - court me rather than the peevish prolix.
    我請求你， 我的最愛！ 追求我，毋甯倔強的冗說。
  • For such a discussion could become prolix, and besides it is not necessary for our purpose.
    這樣的討論將會變得冗長，而且對我們的目的來說沒有必要。
  • As a result of the scattered structure, the drama is so prolix that the mythos has to be weakened;
    結搆松散，導致全劇篇幅過長，沖淡了戯劇的主題；

    • 權威例句

  • Christopher (Jeff Perry), the prolix patriarch, is a disheveled poltergeist of fulmination and cogitation.
    NEWYORKER: Minority Reports
  • Here the author's habit of minute observation, elsewhere so often prolix, imparts tension and pathos.
    ECONOMIST: Exiles from history
  • Doubtlessly, your Brussels correspondent would have then caricatured it as repetitive and prolix.
    ECONOMIST: Letters

词组短语

    短語

  • terse prolix 精鍊的
  • directive prolix 指令冗餘
  • prolix x 冗長的
  • taciturn prolix 沉默寡言的
  • taciturn - prolix 沉默的;多話冗長的

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • using too many words and therefore boring or difficult to read or listen to

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • (of a speech, book, etc) so long as to be boring verbose