English Dictionary

tortuous

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtɔːt͡ʃuːəs/

形容詞

比喩的用法 頻度副詞 廃用

(often figuratively) Twisted; having many turns; convoluted. / (astrology) Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.

日本語の意味

（比喩的に）ねじれた、曲がりくねった、複雑に入り組んだ / （占星術において）斜めの。山羊座から双子座までの6つの星座が最も急速かつ斜めに上昇する様子を指す

He navigated the tortuous streets of the old quarter, grateful for the dim memory of a map.

彼は古い街区の曲がりくねった通りを進み、かすかな地図の記憶に感謝した。

意味（1）

(often figuratively) Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.

The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick.

意味（2）

(astrology) Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.

Infortunate ascendent tortuous.

意味（3）

(obsolete) Injurious; tortious.

more tortuous （ comparative ）

most tortuous （ superlative ）