tortuous

英['tɔːtʃʊəs;-jʊəs] 美['tɔrtʃuəs]

1. highly involved or intricate;

"the Byzantine tax structure"

"convoluted legal language"

"convoluted reasoning"

"intricate needlework"

"an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"

"the plot was too involved"

"a knotty problem"

"got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott

"tortuous legal procedures"

"tortuous negotiations lasting for months"

2. marked by repeated turns and bends;

"a tortuous road up the mountain"

"winding roads are full of surprises"

"had to steer the car down a twisty track"

3. not straightforward;

"his tortuous reasoning"