英语单词

magniloquent是什么意思

magniloquent

英 [mæg'nɪləkwənt] 美 [mæg'nɪləkwənt]
  • adj. 夸张的;说大话的

英文词源


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).

双语例句


1. News of the death of forests appears to have been greatly magniloquent.
森林在灭亡的消息似乎被很大程度上夸大其词了。

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