单词 tortuous 释义 tortuous, a.|ttjus|[a. AF. tortuous (12–13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.) = 14th c. F. tortueux, ad. L. tortus-us, ‘full of crooks or turns or twists’, f. tortu-s a twisting, f. tort-, ppl. stem of torqure to twist.]1. Full of twists, turns,...
单词 tortuous 释义 tortuous adj 1 full of twists and turns 弯弯曲曲的 followed a tortuous road down the mountainside 顺著蜿蜒的路下山. 2 (fig usu derog 比喻, 通常作贬义) (of a policy, etc) not straightforward; devious (指政策等)不直接阐明的, 含混不清的...