tortuous
英 ['tɔːtʃʊəs; -jʊəs]
美['tɔrtʃuəs]
- adj. 扭曲的，弯曲的；啰嗦的
英英释意
- 1. highly involved or intricate;
- "the Byzantine tax structure"
- "convoluted legal language"
- "convoluted reasoning"
- "intricate needlework"
- "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"
- "the plot was too involved"
- "a knotty problem"
- "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"
- "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott
- "tortuous legal procedures"
- "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
- 2. marked by repeated turns and bends;
- "a tortuous road up the mountain"
- "winding roads are full of surprises"
- "had to steer the car down a twisty track"
- 3. not straightforward;
- "his tortuous reasoning"