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-新都网

首页英汉汉英英英词组用法例句同义词写作俚语缩写词源词根法汉德汉日汉俄汉韩汉西汉意汉泰汉越汉

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 >
随便看	rp rp RPC rpf RPG RPM RPO RPP RPS rpt rptd RPV RQ rqn rr RR RR rr RRC -rrhachis rrhachis -rrhagia rrhagia rrhaphy -rrhaphy

英语词典包含332784条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。