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Wordy ˈwɜːdi ˈwɜːrdi Words Adjective Syn Wordi·Ness ˈwɜːdinəs

Wordy describes someone's speech or writing as using too many words, especially long or complex ones, and is usually a disapproval.

wordy 指某人的言语或写作使用过多词语,尤其是冗长或复杂的词语,表示不赞成。

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Collins
wordy
/wɜ͟ː(r)di/
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[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 ; NAmE ˈwɜːrdi / 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 ; NAmE ˈwɜːrdinəs / noun [uncountable ] wordy wordier wordiest
wordy / ˈwɜːdi ; NAmE ˈwɜːrdi / wordi·ness / ˈwɜːdinəs ; NAmE ˈwɜːrdinəs /
LDC
wordyword‧y /ˈwɜːdi $ ˈwɜːrdi/ adjective
Examples
Word family
using too many words SYN  verbose:  a wordy explanation—wordiness noun [uncountable]
WDF

wordy

[ˈwɜ:di]
级别:wordier, wordiest
j35729
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15
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ADJ26346
6612

Spoken:

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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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