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tortuous

英 ['tɔːtʃʊəs; -jʊəs] 美 ['tɔrtʃuəs]

解释

adj. 扭曲的，弯曲的；啰嗦的

※ 提供单词"tortuous"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

tortuous 拐弯抹角的

来自拉丁语 tortus,扭曲的，扭成一团的，词源同 turn,torque.-ous,形容词后缀。引申词义拐弯抹角的。

英文词源

tortuous: tortuous: see torment
tortuous (adj.): late 14c., "full of twists and turns," from Anglo-French tortuous (12c.), Old French tortuos, from Latin tortuosus "full of twists, winding," from tortus "a twisting, winding," from stem of torquere "to twist, wring, distort" (see torque (n.)). Related: Tortuously; tortuousness.

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例句和用法

1. The Lot river follows a winding and tortuous course.: 洛特河的河道蜿蜒曲折。

2. the long, tortuous process of negotiating peace: 漫长而曲折的和平谈判过程

3. They walked through the tortuous streets of the old city.: 他们步行穿过老城区中心弯弯曲曲的街道.

4. We have travelled a tortuous road.: 我们走过了曲折的道路.

5. I wrote tortuous essay for obscure journals.: 我给一些无名杂志写一些拐弯抹角的文章.