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.
〔蒋〕[tort扭→扭弯，扭曲→弯曲，-uous形容词后缀，…的] 扭曲的，弯弯曲曲的，拐弯抹角的