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单词 tortuosity
释义 tor·tu·os·i·ty
\ˌtȯ(r)chəˈwäsəd.ē, -sətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Late Latin tortuositat-, tortuositas, from Latin tortuosus tortuous + -itat-, -itas -ity
1.
 a. : the quality or state of being tortuous
 b. : something winding or twisted : a crooked place or part : bend, sinuosity
  < she began to indicate the tortuosities of the tree with tentative and hesitant strokes — New Yorker >
2. : an instance or trait of deviousness or crookedness : indirectness
 < had begun to bog down in the subtleties and tortuosities of his own thought — J.R.Ullman >
 < tortuosities of behavior that pride, thwarted passion and almost ghoulish severities and prohibitions had effected — New York Herald Tribune Book Review >
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