tortuous
美音:[´tɔ:tʃəwəs
]
英音:[´tɔ:tʃəwəs
]
adj.曲折的,转弯抹角的
难易程度:
tortuous为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:tortuousness 副词:tortuously
词根
tort＝to twist（卷缠）
近义词, 同义词
tortuous
/'tɔ:tʃʊəs; `tɔrtʃuəs/
adj
1 full of twists and turns 弯弯曲曲的
*followed a tortuous road down the mountain side 顺着蜿蜒的路下山.
2 (fig usu derog 比喻, 通常作贬义) (of a policy, etc) not straight forward; devious （指政策等）不直接阐明的, 含混不清的
*a tortuous argument 含糊其辞的论据
* tortuous logic 费解的逻辑.
adj
1 full of twists and turns 弯弯曲曲的
*followed a tortuous road down the mountain side 顺着蜿蜒的路下山.
2 (fig usu derog 比喻, 通常作贬义) (of a policy, etc) not straight forward; devious （指政策等）不直接阐明的, 含混不清的
*a tortuous argument 含糊其辞的论据
* tortuous logic 费解的逻辑.
tortuous
adj
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: tortueux, from Latin tortuosus, from tortus; TORTURE1]
a tortuous path, stream, road etc has a lot of bends in it and is therefore difficult to travel along
a tortuous path over the mountains to Kandahar
complicated and long and therefore confusing
The book begins with a long, tortuous introduction.
>tortuouslyadv
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: tortueux, from Latin tortuosus, from tortus; TORTURE1]
a tortuous path, stream, road etc has a lot of bends in it and is therefore difficult to travel along
a tortuous path over the mountains to Kandahar
complicated and long and therefore confusing
The book begins with a long, tortuous introduction.
>tortuouslyadv
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