circumvolutory
/sur-kuhm-vuh-loo-shuhn/US // ˌsɜr kəm vəˈlu ʃən //UK // (ˌsɜːkəmvəˈluːʃən) //
环绕式,环绕式的,环行,环绕的
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the act of rolling or turning around: planetary circumvolution.
- : a single complete turn or cycle.
- : a winding or folding about something: the circumvolutions of a boa.
- : a fold so wound: the circumvolution of a snail shell.
- : a winding in a sinuous course; a sinuosity: the circumvolutions of the river.
- : a roundabout course or procedure, or an instance of such: The speaker's circumvolutions bored the audience to tears.
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Examples
No doubt was possible: the two lobes, the circumvolution of the brain to the minute red lines of the blood-vessels, all was there.
Never did a monarch hold so steadfastly to a deadly purpose, or proceed so languidly and with so much circumvolution to his goal.
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