tortuous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɔːt͡ʃuːəs/    美 /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃuəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Twisted; having many turns; convoluted. figuratively,often
    — The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick.
  2. Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
    — Infortunate ascendent tortuous.
  3. Injurious; tortious. obsolete

词形变化

more tortuous comparative most tortuous superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
nontortuous tortuosity tortuously tortuousness untortuous

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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