tortuous

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a. 扭曲的, 弯曲的, 转弯抹角的, 欺骗的 [医] 纡曲的, 弯曲的

发音

UK /ˈtɔːt͡ʃuːəs/
其它
US /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃuəs/

词形变化

more tortuous 比较级 most tortuous 最高级

别名

tortious

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.

    比喻

    2007 October 6, “Slogging on the Home Front”, editorial in The New York Times, It still takes almost half a year for the average veteran’s claim for disability benefits to be decided in a tortuous process that can involve four separate hearings.

  2. 2.

    Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.

    宗教 哲学
  3. 3.

    Injurious; tortious.

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

involved winding tangled twisting byzantine convoluted twisty voluminous knotty labyrinthine

近义相关 3

complex crooked indirect

词源

From Middle English tortuous, tortuose, from Anglo-Norman and Old French tortuos, from Latin tortuōsus, from tortus (“a twisting, winding”).

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