tortuous
US /ˈtɔ:rtʃuəs/
・UK /ˈtɔ:tʃuəs/
C1TOEIC
adj.AdjectiveDevious or cunning
It's a tortuous route!
adj.AdjectiveThe shell from a tortoise
A tortuous road up the mountain, winding roads are full of surprises, had to steer the car down a twisty track
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- The blood vessels look what we call tortuous, which means that they're a little bit twisted.
The blood vessels look what we call tortuous, which means that they're a little bit twisted.
- The blood vessels look what we call tortuous, which means that they're a little bit twisted.
The blood vessels look what we call tortuous, which means that they're a little bit twisted.
Chapter 11 - The Art of War by Sun Tzu - The Nine Situations
- 9) Ground which is reached through narrow gorges and from which we can only retire by tortuous paths so that a small number of the enemy would suffice to crush a large body of our men—this is hemmed-in ground.
9) Ground which is reached through narrow gorges and from which we can only retire by tortuous paths so that a small number of the enemy would suffice to crush a large body of our men—this is hemmed-in ground.
- by tortuous paths, so that a small number
by tortuous paths, so that a small number
The Art of War Audiobook by Sun Tzu
- by tortuous paths, so that a small number of the enemy would suffice to crush a large
by tortuous paths, so that a small number of the enemy would suffice to crush a large
- Ground which is reached through narrow gorges and from which we can only retire by tortuous paths, so that a small number of the enemy would suffice to crush a large body of our men—this is hemmed-in ground.
Ground which is reached through narrow gorges and from which we can only retire by tortuous paths, so that a small number of the enemy would suffice to crush a large body of our men—this is hemmed-in ground.
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- For instance, there were greater numbers of people moving through the more accessible side than this slightly more tortuous way around this side.
For instance, there were greater numbers of people moving through the more accessible side than this slightly more tortuous way around this side.
- than this slightly more tortuous way around this side.
than this slightly more tortuous way around this side.
Book 02 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-7)
- to cross the Place, in order to reach the tortuous labyrinth of the city, where
to cross the Place, in order to reach the tortuous labyrinth of the city, where
Book 07 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-8)
- "I have always seen her alone before." Then he plunged down beneath the tortuous vault of the spiral staircase and once more descended.
"I have always seen her alone before." Then he plunged down beneath the tortuous vault of the spiral staircase and once more descended.
- Then he plunged down beneath the tortuous vault of the spiral staircase, and once
Then he plunged down beneath the tortuous vault of the spiral staircase, and once
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- And sometimes it can be quite a tortuous dance to watch.
And sometimes it can be quite a tortuous dance to watch.
Part 7 - A Tale of Two Cities Audiobook by Charles Dickens (Book 03, Chs 08-11) !
- A small, dim, crooked shop, kept in a tortuous uphill thoroughfare, by a small, dim, crooked man.
A small, dim, crooked shop, kept in a tortuous uphill thoroughfare, by a small, dim, crooked man.
- A small, dim, crooked shop, kept in a tortuous, up-hill thoroughfare, by a small,
A small, dim, crooked shop, kept in a tortuous, up-hill thoroughfare, by a small,
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- The tiny book of tortuous tongue twisters, perfect for my morning exercises.
The tiny book of tortuous tongue twisters, perfect for my morning exercises.
Book 10 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-7)
- through the tortuous streets which pierce
through the tortuous streets which pierce