verbose /vx'baus; w'bos/ adj using, containing, more words than are needed: 用字過(guò)多的; 冗贅的; 冗長(zhǎng)的： a ~ speech/speaker/style. 冗長(zhǎng)的罹講 (冗贅的演講者; 冗贅的文體) 。 ~ly adv ~ness, verbosity /vx'bosati; vw'bassti/ n [U] state or quality of being ~. 冗長(zhǎng); 冗贅。