英语词汇“tortuous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	tortuous
释义	tor·tu·ous \ˈtȯ(r)chəwəs\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French tortueux, from Latin tortuosus, from tortus twist (from tortus, past participle of torquēre to twist) + -osus -ous 1. : marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding < the channel is tortuous and dangerous and constantly silting — L.F.Alexander > < we begin a tortuous climb into the highlands — Tom Marvel > < a tortuous length of water-cooled coils — D.W.Dresden > < products of a tortuous hereditary line — Faubion Bowers > 2. a. : marked by or resorting to devious or indirect tactics or strategy : crooked, treacherous, or sharp in device or method : lacking in straightforwardness, candor, or simplicity : tricky < pursued a tortuous policy in his testimony, disclosing this piece of evidence and withholding that — Rebecca West > < tortuous haggling over the price of comradeship — Time > b. : wandering from a direct or consecutive course in thought or action : deviating into irrelevant complexity or intricacy : circuitous, involved < the tortuous workings of government by consent — New Republic > < the featureless hierophants of some tortuous ceremony — V.S.Pritchett > < tortuous litigation > 3. : tortious 2 < an agent who does a tortuous act is not relieved from liability by the fact that he acted at the command … of his principal — J.D.Johnson >
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