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单词 sinuous
释义
sinuous
adjective
literary
uk
/ˈsɪn.ju.əs/us
/ˈsɪn.ju.əs/
movingin atwisting,curving, orindirectway, or having manycurves:
蜿蜒的，弯曲的
Heenjoyedwatchingthe sinuousbodiesof thedancers.他喜欢观赏舞者婀娜的身段。
Thehikersfollowedthe sinuouspaththrough thetrees.徒步旅行者沿着蜿蜒的小径穿越丛林。
Synonym
wigglyinformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bending, twisting and curving
  • ball up
  • bendy
  • bent
  • bowed
  • buckle
  • crook
  • describe
  • entwine
  • flex
  • flexion
  • flexure
  • fluted
  • matted
  • meander
  • torsion
  • tortuously
  • tortuousness
  • true
  • twiddly
  • wring
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Geometry: properties of circles & curves

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sinuously
(Definition ofsinuousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsinuous

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In the upper part of the section (from sample 9) micrornatus andsinuousre-occur, although these varieties previously disappeared in the lower part.
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In this harmonically very unpretentious movement the composer achieves genuine poetry through understatement and delicate sculpting, especially of thesinuousline for solo alto.
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Also, several brightsinuousfeatures, grading into fans, may be interpreted as gulleys or canyons.
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Physically equation (51)simply states that the larger the amplitude of free bars the moresinuousthe channel should be in order to suppress them.
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The route was verysinuous, and numerous streams were crossed.
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The parallelism of the margins is maintained even when the fissure itself has asinuousprofile.
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Thus, it was clear that the blood flowed insinuousvessels and did not spread over spaces, but was always contained within tubules.
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Surfaces withsinuouswave-ripples indicate a position in a shoreface environment.
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Each quartier is separated from another by narrow,sinuouspaths that also facilitate defense.
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The road is verysinuous, following the inequalities of the uncertain ridge.
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These generally follow asinuouspath and indicate that the intermediate filaments are flexible structures.
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The boundary of this stripe might be taken as straight orsinuous.
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