- tortuous
[tortuous 词源字典]
- tortuous: see torment
[tortuous etymology, tortuous origin, 英语词源] - tortuous (adj.)
- late 14c., "full of twists and turns," from Anglo-French tortuous (12c.), Old French tortuos, from Latin tortuosus "full of twists, winding," from tortus "a twisting, winding," from stem of torquere "to twist, wring, distort" (see torque (n.)). Related: Tortuously; tortuousness.