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tortuosity

/tawr-choo-os-i-tee/US // ˌtɔr tʃuˈɒs ɪ ti //UK // (ˌtɔːtjʊˈɒsɪtɪ) //

曲折性,曲率,曲径,曲径通幽

Related Words

asymmetry不对称性,不对称性,不对称,不对称unevenness凹凸不平,凹凸不平的现象,凸凹不平,凹凸不平的情况tortuousness曲折性,迂回性,扭曲性,迂回曲折sinuosity卷曲性,蜿蜒曲折,蜿蜒性,蜿蜒度sinuousness罪恶感,罪性,罪恶性,罪孽

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural tor·tu·os·i·ties.

    • : the state of being tortuous; twisted form or course; crookedness.
    • : a twist, bend, or crook.
    • : a twisting or crooked part, passage, or thing.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incrookedness
Synonyms
asymmetry不对称性,不对称性,不对称,不对称sinuosity卷曲性,蜿蜒曲折,蜿蜒性,蜿蜒度sinuousness罪恶感,罪性,罪恶性,罪孽tortuousness曲折性,迂回性,扭曲性,迂回曲折unevenness凹凸不平,凹凸不平的现象,凸凹不平,凹凸不平的情况curvity曲率,曲度,曲折性,曲轴

Examples

  • We had twenty miles to go, "as the birds fly," but the tortuosity of the channels rendered our course fully a third longer.

  • These changes give rise to marked tortuosity of the vessels.

  • There is no tortuosity of thought to pardon or to forget; it is one unbroken interwoven strain of music, of imagery, of sentiment.

  • I allude to the enormous, almost preternatural magnitude of the wild-grape vine, and its tortuosity.

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