verbose

adj.冗长的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
verbose (adjective)
1.
containing more words than necessary - wordy a verbose reply , also impaired by wordiness - a verbose style
2.
given to wordiness - a verbose orator wordy
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
verbose (adjective)
using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea
SYNONYMS:
circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, garrulous, logorrheic, long-winded, pleonastic, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy
RELATED WORDS:
chatty, communicative, conversational, gabby, loquacious, talkative, talky, voluble; periphrastic; redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologous; embellished, embroidered, exaggerated; bombastic, gaseous, gassy, grandiloquent, highfalutin ( hifalutin)
NEAR ANTONYMS:
brief, short; aphoristic, epigrammatic, sententious; compendious, summary; abbreviated, abridged, condensed, shortened; abrupt, blunt, brusque ( brusk), curt, laconic, snippy
compact, concise, crisp, pithy, succinct, terse
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