cir·cu·i·tous
adjective/səˈkjuːɪtəs/
/sərˈkjuːɪtəs/
(formal)- (of a route or journey) long and not direct
迂回的；绕道的；曲折的 - He took us on a circuitous route to the hotel.
他带我们绕道去酒店。 - The journey was circuitous and slow.
旅程迂回而缓慢。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCircuitous is used with these nouns:- route
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin circuitosus, from circuitus ‘a way around’, from circuire, variant of circumire ‘go round’, from circum ‘around’ + ire ‘go’. - He took us on a circuitous route to the hotel.