tortuous

tortuous /'tɔ:tjuəs/
  • tính từ
    • quanh co, khúc khuỷu, uốn khúc
      • a tortuous path: một con đường quanh co
    • (nghĩa bóng) quanh co, loanh quanh; xảo trá
      • a tortuous argument: một lý lẽ quanh co

 quanh co
 uốn khúc
  • tortuous flow: dòng uốn khúc

  • tortuous flow
     dòng rối

    Xem thêm: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous



    tortuous

    Từ điển WordNet

      adj.

    • highly complex or intricate; Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled

      the Byzantine tax structure

      convoluted legal language

      convoluted reasoning

      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

    • marked by repeated turns and bends; twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous

      a tortuous road up the mountain

      winding roads are full of surprises

      had to steer the car down a twisty track

    • not straightforward

      his tortuous reasoning


    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


    syn.: Byzantine convoluted involved knotty tangled twisting twisty voluminous winding