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語源

From long +‎ winded.

発音

• IPA: /ˈlɔŋˌwɪndəd/

形容詞

long-winded (comparative more long-winded, superlative most long-winded)

1. Tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose.

   Synonyms: garrulous, see also Thesaurus:verbose

   Antonyms: short-winded, laconic, taciturn

   He launched into a long-winded discussion of the relative merits of asphalt and concrete.

   • 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 8, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 403:

     But which analysis is the right one? Well, as in any serious field of research, the consequences of making different assumptions about a particular phenomenon are often so complex and far-reaching that the full implications of the decision to adopt one analysis rather than another are not always immediately apparent. Thatʼs a rather long-winded way of saying that itʼs not always obvious what the right answer is!

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