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magniloquent

英 [m?g'n?l?kw?nt] 美[m?g'n?l?kw?nt]
  • adj. 夸張的;說大話的

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英文詞源


magniloquent (adj.)
1650s, a back-formation from magniloquence, or else from Latin magniloquentia "lofty style of language," from magniloquus "pompous in talk, vaunting, boastful," from comb. form of magnus "great" (see magnate) + -loquus "speaking," from loqui "to speak" (see locution).

雙語例句


1. News of the death of forests appears to have been greatly magniloquent.
森林在滅亡的消息似乎被很大程度上夸大其詞了。

來自辭典例句