[øm] (v) EN: go by an indirect road ; take a circuitous road ; take a tortuous road ; make a detour ; go by a roundabout way ; take a bypass ; doubleFR: contourner ; tourner autour ; prendre un chemin détourné ; doubler
(adj) marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct, Syn. roundabout, Example:the explanation was circuitous and puzzling; a roundabout paragraph; hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend
(adj) deviating from a straight course, Syn. roundabout, circuitous, Example:a scenic but devious route; a long and circuitous journey by train and boat; a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
a. [ LL. circuitosus. ] Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ness, n.
[旁敲侧击 / 旁敲側擊, páng qiāo cè jīㄆㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄘㄜˋ ㄐㄧ] glancing knock, sideways stroke (成语 saw); fig. circuitous attack in words or writing; to attack by innuendo; to satirize; to cast oblique aspersions#58791