单词	tortuous
释义	tortuoustor‧tu‧ous /ˈtɔːtʃuəs $ ˈtɔːr-/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINtortuous Origin: 1300-1400 Old French tortueux, from Latin tortuosus, from tortus; ➔ TORTURE1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a tortuous mountain trail a twisting, tortuous track through the Snake Mountains At last, an end to the tortuous negotiations was in sight. It took six months of tortuous negotiations to reach an agreement. Most of the villages are accessible only by boat or along tortuous jungle trails. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But it has been a tortuous and cumbersome journey. His rather tortuous explanation seems to come to this. It was a tortuous, switchback ride. The legal ramifications of the Hains case are tortuous. The people came from Bosanska Gradiska, 35 miles away on a twisting, tortuous track through the Snake Mountains. They walked on, wandering through a warren of tortuous passageways where the noise and stench grasped Athelstan by the throat. Your progress is slow and tortuous. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhen a road, path, river etc bends► bend · The road bends right then left, before passing a petrol station. · At the top of the hill, the path bends sharply left and enters a small woodland. ► curve if a road, track, coast etc curves , it has a long smooth bend in it: curve away/round/towards etc: · The dusty white road curved away towards the mountains.· a sandy beach curving gently around the bay ► wind if a road, track, or river winds , it has many smooth bends and is usually very long: wind through/along/around etc: · The trail winds through the hills and then down towards Ironhorse Falls.· Route 101 winds along the coastline for several hundred miles.wind its way: · We decided to take the Blueridge Parkway, which winds its way through the Smoky Mountains. ► twist if a track, road, or stream twists it has many sharp bends and changes direction many times: twist around/along/through etc: · The path twisted back and forth up the side of the mountain.twist and turn: · The streets are narrow and twist and turn and it is not advisable to take a car up them. ► zigzag if a road, track, or path zigzags it has many sharp bends going in opposite directions: · The path zigzagged from side to side through the steep gully.· ski routes zigzagging down the mountainside ► winding a winding road, river etc is long and has a lot of bends in it: · The car climbed the winding road up into the hills.· a quiet little town on the banks of a peaceful, winding river ► tortuous a tortuous path, stream, road etc has a lot of bends in so that it is very difficult to travel along: · Most of the villages are accessible only by boat or along tortuous jungle trails.· a twisting, tortuous track through the Snake Mountains having a lot of different parts and difficult to understand► complicated consisting of a lot of different parts or details and therefore difficult to understand: · I didn't realize programming the VCR would be so complicated.· The brain is like a very powerful, very complicated computer.· the complicated problem of bringing peace to the Middle East ► complex a complex process or system is difficult to understand because it has a lot of parts that are all connected in different ways: · The chemical processes involved in the experiment are extremely complex.· The seminar focuses on the complex relationship between government, the military, and the media. ► intricate having a lot of small parts or details - use this especially about something that is cleverly designed or made: · Lasers are used to cut intricate designs in wood.· The farmers use an intricate system of drainage canals.· the intricate workings of a watch· intricate patterns of coloured marble ► elaborate having a lot of parts or details and very carefully planned, but often more complicated than is necessary: · Mike had worked out an elaborate system for categorizing his collection of CDs.· Sociologists have been coming up with increasingly elaborate theories to explain unsafe sexual practices. ► involved very long and complicated - use this about a system, description, or explanation that you think should be made simpler: · The system for choosing candidates is very involved, and I won't go into it here.· Adopting a child can be a long involved process. ► tortuous much too long and complicated, and therefore confusing and annoying: · The book begins with a long, tortuous introduction.· At last, an end to the tortuous negotiations was in sight. ► convoluted too complicated and difficult to understand - use this especially about someone's language or arguments, or about a system: · He always uses a lot of convoluted arguments to support his theories, but no one's ever impressed.· James's books are full of long paragraphs and convoluted sentences, which many people do not find appealing. 1a 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 Kandahar2complicated and long and therefore confusing:  The book begins with a long, tortuous introduction.—tortuously adverb
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