[øm] (v) EN: go by an indirect road ; take a circuitous road ; take a tortuous road ; make a detour ; go by a roundabout way ; take a bypass ; doubleFR: contourner ; tourner autour ; prendre un chemin détourné ; doubler
a. [ LL. circuitosus. ] Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ness, n.
[旁敲侧击 / 旁敲側擊, páng qiāo cè jī, ㄆㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄘㄜˋ ㄐㄧ]glancing knock, sideways stroke (成语 saw); fig. circuitous attack in words or writing; to attack by innuendo; to satirize; to cast oblique aspersions#58791[Add to Longdo]