• adj. 扭曲的，彎曲的；啰嗦的

來自拉丁語 tortus,扭曲的，扭成一團(tuán)的，詞源同 turn,torque.-ous,形容詞后綴。引申詞義拐彎 抹角的。

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.

1. The Lot river follows a winding and tortuous course.

洛特河的河道蜿蜒曲折。

來自柯林斯例句

2. the long, tortuous process of negotiating peace

漫長而曲折的和平談判過程

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. They walked through the tortuous streets of the old city.

他們步行穿過老城區(qū)中心彎彎曲曲的街道.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. We have travelled a tortuous road.

我們走過了曲折的道路.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. I wrote tortuous essay for obscure journals.

我給一些無名雜志寫一些拐彎抹角的文章.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》