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焦糖瑪琪朵（英文：Caramel Macchiato）是一種加入焦糖的瑪琪雅朵咖啡。在香濃熱牛奶上加入濃縮咖啡、香草，最後淋上純正焦糖而製成的飲品，特點是在一杯飲品裡 ...
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gooey
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
Sticky and viscous: gooey caramel.

efferent

adj.

1. Directed away from a central organ or section.
2. Carrying impulses from the central nervous system to an effector.

n.
An efferent organ or body part, such as a blood vessel.

[From Latin efferēns, efferent-, present participle of efferre, to carry off : ex-, ex- + ferre, to carry.]

efferently ef'fer·ent·ly adv.



periphrasis (puh-RIF-ruh-sis)

noun: A roundabout way of saying something, using more words than necessary.

Etymology
Via Latin, from Greek periphrasis, from periphrazein (to explain around), from peri- (around) + phrazein (to speak, say). First recorded use: 1533.

Usage
"Why the lawsuit? Pfizer said it had 'sought the assistance of the Philippine legal system' (an elegant periphrasis, that)." — High Blood; Philippine Daily Inquirer (Manila, Philippines); Nov 19, 2006.

[名]（複-ses 〔-sìz〕）

1 [U]((形式))回りくどい言い方；遠回しの表現.

2 《文法》迂言(うげん)法：語の屈折形で表現できるところを助動詞などを用いて表現すること.