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