Verbiage



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.罗嗦, 冗长
• ［英］ n.罗嗦, 冗长 ( a profusion of words of little content)
• ［记］ verbi ( 词语) +age
• ［例］ The speaker lost himself in verbiage. ( 演讲人废话连篇)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: French, from Middle French verbier to chatter, alteration of Old French verboier, verbloier, from Old French (Picard dialect) werbler to trill — more at warble
• Date: circa 1721
• 1. a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content <such a tangled maze of evasive verbiage as a typical party platform — Marcia Davenport>
• 2. manner of expressing oneself in words ; diction <sportswriters guarded their verbiage so jealously — R. A. Sokolov>

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