wordage 指“措辞、用词方式;(尤指)冗长的言辞、字数”(常带一点“话太多/太啰嗦”的语气)。也可泛指某段文字的字数。
/ˈwɝːdɪdʒ/
The editor cut the wordage to make the article clearer.
编辑删减了措辞和字数,让文章更清晰。
Though the report was full of technical wordage, its main point was simple: the plan would cost more than expected.
尽管报告里堆满了技术性措辞,核心意思却很简单:这个方案的成本会比预期更高。
wordage 由 word(词)+ -age(名词后缀,表示“总量/结果/集合”) 构成,字面意思接近“词的总量、用词的集合”,后来常用于指“用词/措辞”以及带贬义的“冗长言辞”。