sinuous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.
    — We followed every bend of the sinuous river.
  2. Moving gracefully and in a supple manner.
    — We were entranced by her sinuous dance.
  3. Morally crooked; shifty. figuratively
    — On 16 December 1999, Lanny Davis, one of the President's more sinuous apologists, was asked on an MSNBC chat show to address the issue and replied that Ms. Broaddrick had been adjudged unreliable by the FBI.

词形变化

more sinuous comparative most sinuous superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
sinuosity sinuous ballweed sinuously sinuousness subsinuous unsinuous
相关词
sine insinuate

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sinos
Proto-Italic *sinus
Latin sinus
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos
Latin -ōsus
Latin sinuōsuslbor.
English sinuous
Learned borrowing from Latin sinuōsus.
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