汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 转弯抹角
转弯抹角 (轉彎抹角)
see 拐彎抹角|拐弯抹角[guai3 wan1 mo4 jiao3]
抹角 Walk around the corner / Follow the winding road / Metaphorically speaking, it is not straightforward
①道路弯弯曲曲路是转弯抹角的,但寻访的热情却没有半点消退。②走弯弯曲曲的道路两人转弯抹角地来到一座柴门前。③拐弯子;不直接有什么话照直说,别转弯抹角的。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

转弯抹角地想要一张免费票。

She always angles for a free ticket.

他有意见就坦率地提出来,从不转弯抹角

He is frank and outspoken and never beats about the bush.

石渠转弯抹角,由西向东,渠底密铺黑色卵石。

Shiqu tortuous, from west to east, drainage density Shop at the end of black gravel.

他讲得很转弯抹角,我们难以摸透他的真正用意。

He speaks in a roundabout way and no one knows what he is drive at.

鲁道夫用了种种转弯抹角的暗示要求在“中心”保持一种谦虚的风格,都成为耳旁风。

All rudolph's tactful intimations about keeping a single modest style for the center had fallen on deaf ears.

下一个停车点是莱茵河峡谷的圣戈亚,风景如画,尽善尽美且毫不转弯抹角,还出产Birkenstocks品牌的鞋、布谷鸟自鸣钟、泰迪熊和年长的游客。

Our next stop is st Goar in The Rhine Valley. It is pretty, picturesque, perfect and pointy, with Birkenstocks, cuckoo clocks, steiff teddies, and older tourists.