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。
来自辞典例句