[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]啰唆的;冗长的;堆砌词藻的 If you describe a person's speech or something that they write as wordy, you disapprove of the fact that they use too many words, especially words which are very long, formal, or literary.
[disapproval]
The chapter is mostly wordy rhetoric.
这一章多为冗长的华丽词藻。
Oxford
wordy/ˈwɜːdi; NAmEˈwɜːrdi/adjective( usually disapproving) using too many words, especially formal ones 话多的;冗长的;啰嗦的SYN
verbose
◆a wordy and repetitive essay一篇冗长繁复的文章▶wordi·ness/ˈwɜːdinəs; NAmEˈwɜːrdinəs/noun[uncountable ]wordywordierwordiestwordy/ˈwɜːdi; NAmEˈwɜːrdi/wordi·ness/ˈwɜːdinəs; NAmEˈwɜːrdinəs/
LDC
wordyword‧y /ˈwɜːdi $ ˈwɜːrdi/ adjective
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Word family
using too many wordsSYN verbose: a wordy explanation—wordiness noun [uncountable]
WDF
wordy
[ˈwɜ:di]
级别:wordier, wordiest
j35729
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ADJ26346
6612
Spoken:
20492474
冗长的(56%),文字的(20%),口头的(16%),多言的(8%)
adj.冗长的;口头的;唠叨的;文字的
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