long-winded
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++long-wind·ed /ˌlɒŋ ˈwɪndɪd◂ $ ˌlɒːŋ-/ adjective 1 BORINGcontinuing to talk for too long or using too many words in a way that is boring 冗长乏味的，絮絮叨叨的 His speeches tend to be rather long-winded. 他的演说往往都很冗长乏味。► see thesaurus at long2 if a way of doing something is long-winded, it is very complicated 繁琐的 The whole process is incredibly long-winded. 整个过程繁琐得叫人难以相信。
Examples from the Corpus
long-winded• Her letters do tend to be a bit long-winded.• Natural language is ambiguous and long-winded and these techniques are much superior.• That definition, which is taken from Box's study, is rather long-winded, but corporate crime is a complex issue.• Jacques launched into a long-winded explanation that left us just as confused as before.• Massot was a pleasant but impossibly long-winded Gaul whose briefest reminiscence about his days in the Resistance tended to last an hour.• No, those long-winded gentlemen put me off sermons for a good long while.• This method is, however, a little long-winded if you only want to edit a couple of lines.• The journey was a long-winded one, first by train to Carcassonne and then to Couiza-Montazels.• long-winded politicians• One wonders what would happen should Mack apply her long-winded principles to herself.• I'm sick of reading badly-written and long-winded scripts by candidates who should know better.• Dad can be so long-winded sometimes, I cringe when he starts talking to someone new.• One long-winded speaker after another came to the podium.• But you don't need to go this long-winded way around doing it.long-wind·ed adjectiveChineseSyllable
too many Corpus to for too talk continuing or using long
long-winded
long-wind‧ed /ˌlɒŋ ˈwɪndəd◂ $ ˌlɒːŋ-/
adjective
1. continuing to talk for too long or using too many words in a way that is boring:
His speeches tend to be rather long-winded.
2. if a way of doing something is long-winded, it is very complicated:
The whole process is incredibly long-winded.
■ too long
▪long-winded continuing for too long - used about speeches, answers, explanations etc: a very long-winded answer to a simple question | He gave a long-winded speech about the company's vision for the future.
▪interminable very long and boring: They faced an interminable wait in the departure lounge of the airport. | The journey seemed interminable.
▪long-drawn-out [only before noun] used about a process that continues for much too long: The news heightened expectations that the long-drawn-out investigation might be coming to a close.
long-wind‧ed /ˌlɒŋ ˈwɪndəd◂ $ ˌlɒːŋ-/
adjective1. continuing to talk for too long or using too many words in a way that is boring:
2. if a way of doing something is long-winded, it is very complicated:
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