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| | tortuous | (ทอร์'ชูเอิส) adj. คดเคี้ยว, บิด, งอ, อ้อมค้อม, หลอกลวง, วกวน, เต็มไปด้วยเล่ห์เหลี่ยม, ไม่ตรงไปตรงมา., See also: tortuousness n., Syn. sinuous, winding |
| | tortuous | (adj) บิด, คดเคี้ยว, วกเวียน, อ้อมค้อม |
| | tortuous | คดเคี้ยว [แพทยศาสตร์ ๖ ส.ค. ๒๕๔๔] | | tortuous | บิดไปมา [พฤกษศาสตร์ ๑๘ ก.พ. ๒๕๔๕] |
| | tortuous flow | tortuous flow, การไหลแบบปั่นป่วน [เทคนิคด้านการชลประทานและการระบายน้ำ] |
| | เงี้ยว | (adj) crooked, See also: tortuous, bent, curved, Syn. คด, งอ, Ant. ตรง, Example: เขาเป็นคนที่พูดจางอเงี้ยวไปมากว่าจะเข้าใจได้ต้องอธิบายเสียหลายครั้ง | | พับผ้า | (n) zigzag, See also: tortuous highway, Syn. ทางพับผ้า, Example: ใครๆ ก็รู้ดีว่าเส้นทางที่จะไปคดเคี้ยวเป็นทางพับผ้า ต้องใช้คนขับที่มีความชำนาญมาก, Thai Definition: ลักษณะของทางที่พับไปพับมา | | เลี้ยวลด | (adj) winding, See also: zigzag, sinuous, meandering, tortuous, Syn. วกวน, วนเวียน, วกเวียน, Example: เชิงดอยเบื้องล่างจะมีถนนสายเลี้ยวลดอยู่ ซึ่งเป็นอันตรายต่อคนขับรถมาก, Thai Definition: ที่อ้อมไปอ้อมมา, ที่คดไปคดมา | | ชะวาก | (n) enclosure approached by a tortuous entrance, Example: เรือแล่นเข้าไปใกล้ๆ ที่ชะวากปากทะเล, Thai Definition: ช่องที่เวิ้งว้างเข้าไป | | คดไปคดมา | (adj) meandering, See also: winding, zigzaging, tortuous, Ant. ตรง | | คดไปคดมา | (adj) meandering, See also: winding, zigzagging, tortuous, Ant. ตรง, Example: ถนนซึ่งคดไปคดมา ยากต่อการบังคับพวงมาลัย |
| | โค้ง | [khōng] (adj) EN: curved ; bent ; crooked ; curving ; bowed ; tortuous FR: courbé ; arrondi | | คุ้ง | [khung] (adj) EN: circuitous ; tortuous FR: courbe ; tortueux | | เลี้ยวลด | [līolot] (adj) EN: winding ; zigzag ; sinuous ; meandering ; tortuous FR: sinueux ; tortueux | | อ้อม | [øm] (v) EN: go by an indirect road ; take a circuitous road ; take a tortuous road ; make a detour ; go by a roundabout way ; take a bypass ; double FR: contourner ; tourner autour ; prendre un chemin détourné ; doubler | | วก | [wok] (adj) EN: full of twists and turns ; tortuous FR: tortueux |
| | | | tortuous | (adj) marked by repeated turns and bends, Syn. twisting, winding, voluminous, twisty, Example: a tortuous road up the mountain; winding roads are full of surprises; had to steer the car down a twisty track | | tortuous | (adj) not straightforward, Example: his tortuous reasoning | | tortuously | (adv) with twists and turns | | tortuously | (adv) in a tortuous manner, Example: tortuously haggling over the price | | byzantine | (adj) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - Sir Walter Scott, Syn. convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous, Example: the Byzantine tax structure; Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship; 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; tortuous legal procedures; tortuous negotiations lasting for months | | complicatedness | (n) puzzling complexity, Syn. tortuousness, knottiness, complication | | tortuosity | (n) a tortuous and twisted shape or position, Syn. crookedness, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, Example: they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs; the acrobat performed incredible contortions |
| | Tortuous | a. [ OE. tortuos, L. tortuosus, fr. tortus a twisting, winding, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist: cf. F. tortueux. See Torture. ] 1. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla. [ 1913 Webster ] The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful. [ 1913 Webster ] That course became somewhat lesstortuous, when the battle of the Boyne had cowed the spirit of the Jakobites. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Injurious: tortious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Astrol.) Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely. [ Obs. ] Skeat. [ 1913 Webster ] Infortunate ascendent tortuous. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] --Tor"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Tor"tu*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | 迂曲 | [yū qū, ㄩ ㄑㄩ, 迂 曲] circuitous; tortuous; roundabout #72,165 [Add to Longdo] | | 迤逦 | [yǐ lǐ, ㄧˇ ㄌㄧˇ, 迤 逦 / 迤 邐] meandering into the distance; winding on forever; tortuous #76,032 [Add to Longdo] | | 盘曲 | [pán qǔ, ㄆㄢˊ ㄑㄩˇ, 盘 曲 / 盤 曲] coiled; entwined; tortuous #114,311 [Add to Longdo] | | 蟠曲 | [pán qǔ, ㄆㄢˊ ㄑㄩˇ, 蟠 曲] coiled; entwined; tortuous #365,465 [Add to Longdo] | | 盘陀路 | [pán tuó lù, ㄆㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄨˋ, 盘 陀 路 / 盤 陀 路] twisting path; tortuous road #509,023 [Add to Longdo] |
| | うねうね | [uneune] (adv, n, vs) (on-mim) winding; meandering; zigzag; sinuous; tortuous [Add to Longdo] | | 七曲がり | [ななまがり, nanamagari] (n) tortuous or spiral (path) [Add to Longdo] | | 小難しい | [こむずかしい, komuzukashii] (adj-i) troublesome; fastidious; tortuous [Add to Longdo] | | 蟠る | [わだかまる, wadakamaru] (v5r) (1) (uk) to lurk; to hover in the background; (2) to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously [Add to Longdo] |
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