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1 tortuous emitter
Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > tortuous emitter
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2 извилистый
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3 неискренние переговоры
Русско-английский политический словарь > неискренние переговоры
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4 бурное состояние потока
Русско-английский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям > бурное состояние потока
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5 извилистая дорога
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6 крученый
tortuous, twisted (tortus)Русско-англо-латинский словарь лекарственных растений > крученый
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7 извилистая дорога
Русско-английский военно-политический словарь > извилистая дорога
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8 извилистый
1. wavy2. anfractuous3. sinuate4. sinuous5. sinuously6. twisty7. winding; tortuous8. serpentineизвилистая дорога, серпантин — serpentine road
9. tortuousСинонимический ряд:изгибисто (прил.) изгибисто; петлистоАнтонимический ряд: -
9 извилистый
1) General subject: anfractuous, convoluted, crablike, crank, cranky, devious, flexuous, meandering (о реке, дороге), meandrous, quirky, serpentine, sinuous, snaky, tortuous, twiddly, twisted, twisty, vermiculate, voluminous, wandering (о реке, дороге и т. п.), winding, curving (К дому вeла извилистая подъездная дорога. - A curving drive led to the house.), (a bendy road) bendy, windy2) Biology: gyrose3) Naval: intricate, vermiculated5) Botanical term: anfractuose, flexuose, flexuose (лат. flexuosus), sinuate, sinuated, tortuous (лат. flexuosus)8) Construction: wavy-grained9) Mining: wavy10) Forestry: buttressed, crooked-grown, curved11) Oil: crinkled13) Automation: nosing14) Marine science: meandering (о реке)15) Makarov: crabby, serpentinous, tortuous (о пути, траектории) -
10 извилистый
sinuous, tortuous; twisting, winding, meandering (о дороге, реке и т.п.)* * ** * *sinuous, tortuous; twisting, winding, meandering* * *anfractuouscrankycrinklycrinkum-crankumdeviousflexuousquirkysinuatedsinuoussnakytortuoustwistedtwistywandering -
11 по мере того, как мы приближались к верховьям реки, русло её становилось все более извилистым
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > по мере того, как мы приближались к верховьям реки, русло её становилось все более извилистым
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12 извилистый
• flexuose, tortuous (flexuosus)• tortuous, twisted (tortus)Русско-англо-латинский словарь лекарственных растений > извилистый
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13 аморальный
1) General subject: lubricious, lubricous, non-moral, polluted (о человеке), tortuous, unclean, unmoral, virtueless, amoral (27, 400 UK Google hits), immoral (130,000 UK Google hits), unethical2) Jargon: cool, extra-curricular (о сексуальном поведении), fast, mess3) Psychoanalysis: nonmoral4) Makarov: against nature5) Taboo: extracurricular, wide -
14 асимметричная кривая
1) Mathematics: allokurtic curve (распределения), skewed curve, tortuous curve2) Quality control: skewed curve (распределения)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > асимметричная кривая
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15 бесчестный
1) General subject: Machiavellian, caddish, crook, disgraceful, dishonest, dishonorable, dishonourable, foul, honourless, ignominious, infamous, low-down, nefarious, obloquious, rascally, shameful, tortuous, unprincipled, as crooked as a dog's hind leg, unhonoury, sinuous2) Religion: unrighteous3) Law: corrupt6) Phraseological unit: bad apple, barrel of laughs -
16 бесчестный политикан
General subject: tortuous politicianУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > бесчестный политикан
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17 бурное состояние потока
Construction: hypercritical flow, shooting flow, tortuous flowУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > бурное состояние потока
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18 витиеватый слог
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19 вычурный стиль
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20 его книги читать нелегко
General subject: his writings are rather tortuousУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > его книги читать нелегко
См. также в других словарях:
Tortuous — Tor tu*ous, a. [OE. tortuos, L. tortuosus, fr. tortus a twisting, winding, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist: cf. F. tortueux. See {Torture}.] 1. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tortuous — tortuous, torturous Both words are derived from Latin torquēre meaning ‘to twist’, but their literal meanings are different. The (less common) word torturous is a derivative of the English word torture, whereas tortuous has no such intermediary… … Modern English usage
tortuous — (adj.) late 14c., from Anglo Fr. tortuous (12c.), from L. tortuosus full of twists, winding, from tortus a twisting, winding, from stem of torquere to twist, wring, distort (see THWART (Cf. thwart)) … Etymology dictionary
tortuous — [adj1] very twisted anfractuous, bent, circuitous, convoluted, crooked, curved, flexuous, indirect, involute, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, meandrous, roundabout, serpentine, sinuous, snaky, twisting, vermiculate, winding, zigzag; concept 581… … New thesaurus
tortuous — I (bending) adjective anfractuous, circuitous, complicated, conniving, contorted, convoluted, curved, curvilinear, indirect, involved, irregular, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, roundabout, serpentine, sinuate, sinuated, sinuous, snakelike,… … Law dictionary
tortuous — *winding, sinuous, serpentine, flexuous Analogous words: *crooked, devious: roundabout, circuitous, *indirect … New Dictionary of Synonyms
tortuous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) full of twists and turns. 2) excessively lengthy and complex. DERIVATIVES tortuosity noun tortuously adverb tortuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin tortuosus, from torquere to twist … English terms dictionary
tortuous — [tôr′cho͞o əs] adj. [ME < Anglo Fr < L tortuosus < tortus: see TORT] 1. full of twists, turns, curves, or windings; winding; crooked 2. not straightforward; devious; specif., deceitful or tricky tortuously adv. tortuousness n … English World dictionary
tortuous — [[t]tɔ͟ː(r)tʃuəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A tortuous road is full of bends and twists. The only road access is a tortuous mountain route. Syn: winding 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A tortuous process or piece of writing is very long and… … English dictionary
tortuous — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French tortueux, from Latin tortuosus, from tortus twist, from torquēre to twist Date: 15th century 1. marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns ; winding < a tortuous path > 2. a. marked by… … New Collegiate Dictionary
tortuous — tor|tu|ous [ˈto:tʃuəs US ˈto:r ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: tortueux, from Latin tortuosus, from tortus; TORTURE1] 1.) a tortuous path, stream, road etc has a lot of bends in it and is therefore difficult to travel along ▪ a… … Dictionary of contemporary English