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magniloquent

英 [mæg'nɪləkwənt] 美 [mæg'nɪləkwənt]

adj. 夸张的；说大话的

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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。