中英互译
tortuous
英 /ˈtɔːtʃuəs/美 /ˈtɔːrtʃuəs/
基本释义
- adj.拐弯抹角的;冗长费解的;弯弯曲曲的,曲折的
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双语例句
- The only road access is a tortuous mountain route.惟一的通路是一条弯弯曲曲的山路。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- In the intergranular spaces of rocks, however, fluid must flow around and between grains in a tortuous path; this winding path causes a resistance to flow.然而,在粒间孔发育的岩石中,流体必须在颗粒周围的曲折通道中流动;而这种曲折通道会对其流动产生阻力。
- Life is but a hard and tortuous journey.人生即是一段艰难曲折的旅程。
网络短语
- tortuous road曲折的道路;迂路
- tortuous flow紊流
- THE TORTUOUS MOUNTAIN PATH山道弯弯
- tortuous fluid-flow pathway流体弯曲流道
- a tortuous plot变化多端的情节;曲折推理
词语扩展
adv.
tortuously弯曲地;欺骗地;居心叵测地;转弯抹角地
n.
tortuosity曲折;弯曲度;迂回曲折
词义分布
曲折的
88.8%
迂回
2.8%
迂曲
2.1%
弯曲的
2.1%
弯弯曲曲的
1.4%
纡曲的
1.4%
盘曲
1.4%
英英释义
- adj.highly complex or intricate
- adj.marked by repeated turns and bends
- adj.not straightforward
词源
- tortuous盎格鲁-诺曼语, 来自古法语tortuos, 来自拉丁语tortuosus, 来自tortus("a twisting, winding").
- tortuous曲折的,转弯抹角的词根词缀: -tort-扭,拧 + -uous形容词词尾
- tortuous拐弯抹角的来自拉丁语 tortus,扭曲的,扭成一团的,词源同 turn,torque.-ous,形容词后缀。引申词义拐弯 抹角的。