winding
adjective
uk/ˈwaɪn.dɪŋ/us/ˈwaɪn.dɪŋ/B2
A windingpath,road,river, etc.repeatedlyturnsin differentdirections:
（道路或河流等）蜿蜒的There's a verylong, windingpathleadingup to thehouse.有一条非常长的蜿蜒小路通向房子。
Theystruggledup thenarrowwindingstairs.他们费力地爬上狭窄蜿蜒的楼梯。
A windingstoryorseriesofeventsiscomplicatedandinvolvesmanychanges:
The TVseriesfeatureda winding,complexstoryline.
See
wind
- A windinglaneledup towards themaingates.
- Withitswindingriverandviewsof thecastle, thevillageisbeautiful.
- Windingpathsleadinto thesurroundingwoods.
- Because it is sohillyand theroadsare so winding, you don't get asenseof howsmallandisolatedthevillageis.
- Investigatorstracedthe windingpathtaken by themoneyfrom oneaccountto another.
- We're still in the earlystagesof alongand windingbureaucraticobstaclecourse.
- This is abig,ambitiousbook, a windingtalethattakesitstime.
Bending, twisting and curving
- ball up
- bendy
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- crook
- entwine
- flex
- flexion
- flexure
- fluted
- matted
- meander
- sinuous
- torsion
- tortuously
- tortuousness
- true
- twiddly
- wring
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