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复数:sinuosities
词根:sinuous
adj.sinuous 蜿蜒的;弯曲的;迂回的
sinuate 波状的;弯弯曲曲的
adv.sinuously 蜿蜒地,弯曲地;拐弯抹角地;错综复杂地
n.sinuousness 弯曲;错综复杂
vi.sinuate 弯曲;蜿蜒
Noun
1. having curves;
"he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads"
"蜿蜒曲折的特性; 蜿蜒曲折或波动的东西",1590年代; 见 sinuous + -ity。
The first known use of sinuosity was in 1598
siphon1 of 2noun
a bent tube through which a liquid can be drawn by means of air pressure up and over the edge of one container and into another container at a lower level
any of various tube-shaped organs in animals and especially mollusks that are used to draw in or pass off fluids
siphon2 of 2verb
to draw off or pass off by or as if by a siphon
siphoned off money for a vacation
sip1 of 2verb
to drink in small quantities or little by little
to take sips from : taste
sip2 of 2noun
the act of sipping
a small amount taken by sipping
sinusitisnoun
inflammation of a sinus
sinusnoun
a hollow place : cavityespecially: any of several cavities in the skull that usually connect with the nostrils
sinusnoun
a hollow place : cavityespecially: any of several cavities in the skull that usually connect with the nostrils
sinuousadjective
of a snakelike or wavy form : winding
sinuousadjective
of a snakelike or wavy form : winding
sinuositynoun
the quality or state of being sinuous
something that is sinuous : winding turn
1 Our party was thus strung out into a long line, here and there curving according to the sinuosities of the path, and gliding like some monstrous serpent among the trees.
2 The course is sinuosity itself in appearance, but that only renders it the more beautiful.
3 It follows the real in all its sinuosities.
4 It turns out the average river has a sinuosity of about 3.14.
经证明,一般河流的曲折度约为3.14。
5 Active and diligent servant, it seems to work ever to our advantage, multiplying in its charming sinuosities its power for contributing to our prosperity, accomplishing our tasks, and granting our needs.
6 The land to the northward was no longer visible, and whenever I left the margin of the fast to avoid its deep sinuosities, I was obliged to trust entirely to the compass.
7 The mileage does not take account of the lesser sinuosities of rivers.
8 Never had I seen such a railroad, either for steepness or for sinuosity.
9 Jack Wingate lives in a little cottage whose bit of garden ground “brinks” the country road where the latter trends close to the Wye at one of its sharpest sinuosities.
10 For thirty-six hours the Forward followed the sinuosities of the coast of Boothia, without reaching Prince of Wales Land.
11 From Lisbon back to Lisbon, reckoning the sinuosities of the coast, but making no allowance for tacking, the distance run by those tiny craft was not less than thirteen thousand miles.
12 The sinuosities of this labyrinth of channels permit navigators from the archipelago of the Pityus� to go from one island to another by different routes, according to the direction of the winds.
13 He hated the sinuosity of mountain roads.
他讨厌蜿蜒的山路.
14 If the sinuosity is slight we have the Vibrio form; if pronounced, and the spiral winding well marked, the forms are known as Spirillum, Spirochaete, &c.
15 The headers are made of wrought steel, and except the outer pairs, which are flat on the outer portions, they are sinuous on both sides, the sinuosities fitting into one another.
16 The acme of this sinuosity of movement is reached with those long-drawn-out fishes the eels.
17 This soliloquizing devil becomes identified with the suggestions and sinuosities of evil that partake of the flux of our consciousness.
18 They are for one thing almost the finest example in English of that style which follows the sinuosities and subtle transitions of the spoken word.
19 She seems all soft and mild enjoyment, and the curved lines of her fine limbs, flow into each other with a never ending sinuosity of sweetness.
20 For the sinuosities and compromises of party politics, however wise and necessary at times, he had no aptitude.
2 蜿蜒
winding wandering torturous sinuous anfractuous sinuate wind curl meander thread wander twine serpentine wimple devious sweep meandering bendy squiggly snaky snakelike sinuation wriggle windy serpiginous flexuous circumvolution coil wiggly snake
3 错综复杂
intricate Byzantine reticular complexity crinkum-crankum daedalean detailed tricky knotted sinuous involute labyrinthian daedal node labyrinth involution nodus
5 转弯处
6 弯曲
curve curved curly skew crooked bent curvy torturous tortuous sinuous bowing hooked bowed contorted flexural bended inflectional thrawn wriggly waggly flexuous incurvate sinuate inflective Agee akimbo give set turn spring wind bend twist bow sweep nod crank distortion warp sinus winding crook curvature meander flexion inflection contortion flexure tortuosity incurve crankle anfractuosity round knee yield curl sag quirk cast angle ramp buckle stoop inflect devious wiggly lean curvous tortuose tortile strombuliform reflex kinky curving scrolled snaky anfractuous flexional tipsily agley flexuosity tortility loop turning swerve bight crookedness tipsiness flection circumvolution circumflect embow start hook flex twists and turns kink convolution decline cock cock-eyed serpentine awry curvi- wiggle deflect flexuose cranky aquiline inflexional sinuation crinkum-crankum intorsion swirl camber inflexion hogging wimple strain snake
8 起伏
wave rolling wavy wiggly undulatory roll accident relief surge inequality fluctuation heave welter fluctuate undulate
9 曲折
twist tortuose parti-colored quirky twisty meandering labyrinthine bendy flexural labyrinthian vermiculate anfractuous snakish labyrinthic tortuously intorsion turn wind winding deflection inflection anfractuosity circumflex twists and turns the ins and outs indirect wandering zigzag devious tortuous sinuous creeky sinuation movement node elbow crank detour labyrinth flexion tortuosity nodus sinuate