tortuously
/tawr-choo-uhs/US // ˈtɔr tʃu əs //UK // (ˈtɔːtjʊəs) //
迂回地,曲折地,迂回,迂回的
Related Words
meandering蜿蜒曲折,弯弯曲曲的,弯弯曲曲,蜿蜒曲折的winding缠绕,绕组,蜿蜒曲折,缠绕的convoluted错综复杂,错综复杂的,复杂的,复杂labyrinthine迷宫式的,迷路的,曲折的,迷路circuitous迂回的,迂回,迂回曲折,迂腐的indirect间接,间接的,间线,间断的serpentine蛇形结构,蛇形,蛇形线,蛇形的twisting缠绕,扭曲,缠绕的,捻线tricky狡猾的,棘手的,很棘手,棘手bent弯曲的,弯曲,弯的,弯弯曲曲crooked弯曲的,歪歪扭扭,歪曲,歪曲的curved弯曲的,弯弯曲曲的,弧形,弧形的roundabout迂回曲折,迂回,迂回式,绕行sinuous蜿蜒曲折的,蜿蜒曲折,蜿蜒的,蜿蜒snaky鬼鬼祟祟的,狡猾的,诡异的,鬼鬼祟祟zigzag之字形,之字型,之字形的,人字形anfractuous不切实际,不切实际的,脆弱的,轻率flexuous曲折,曲折的,曲折性,挠性involute内卷,内卷型,内卷式,内卷状物meandrous巨大的,巨大
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting, winding, or crooked: a tortuous path.
- : not direct or straightforward, as in procedure or speech; circuitous: tortuous negotiations lasting for months.
- : deceitfully indirect or morally crooked, as proceedings, methods, or policy; devious.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inpainfully
Examples
Breathes there a man so tortuously afflicted with Strabismus that he doesn't see it?
Just then a dark lean man came tortuously along the garden path.
Mrs. Martin had slowly and tortuously worked up to her climax, and she shot forth the last sentence with a jubilant ring.
After a third defeat this thread seemed to guide me to daylight from a tortuously winding cavern.
You are no longer the slow, plodding, puny thing of clay, creeping tortuously upon the ground; you are a part of Nature!
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