circuitous
adjective /səˈkjuːɪtəs/
/sərˈkjuːɪtəs/
(formal)- (of a route or journey
路线或旅程 迂回的；绕道的；曲折的 - He took us on a circuitous route to the hotel.
他带我们绕道去了酒店。 - The journey was circuitous and slow.
旅程迂回而缓慢。
Collocations DictionaryCircuitous is used with these nouns:- route
词源mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin circuitosus, from circuitus ‘a way around’, from circuire, variant of circumire ‘go round’, from circum ‘around’ + ire ‘go’. - He took us on a circuitous route to the hotel.