magniloquent

英 [mæg'nɪləkwənt] 美[mæg'nɪləkwənt]
  • adj. 夸张的;说大话的
近义词 boastful

GRE

英英释义


1. lofty in style;
"he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"

实用场景例句


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。

辞典例句

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

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).