来自拉丁语 tortus,扭曲的，扭成一团的，词源同 turn,torque.-ous,形容词后缀。引申词义拐弯 抹角的。

1. The Lot river follows a winding and tortuous course.

洛特河的河道蜿蜒曲折。

2. the long, tortuous process of negotiating peace

漫长而曲折的和平谈判过程

3. They walked through the tortuous streets of the old city.

他们步行穿过老城区中心弯弯曲曲的街道.

4. We have travelled a tortuous road.

我们走过了曲折的道路.

5. I wrote tortuous essay for obscure journals.

我给一些无名杂志写一些拐弯抹角的文章.