词汇 | twisty |
释义 | twisty adjective uk /ˈtwɪs.ti/ us /ˈtwɪs.ti/ A twisty road, path, etc. has many turns: They rode their bikes on the twisty back roads around Bear Mountain. The route up the mountain is twisty and vertiginous, though now it is well protected by railings. The kids loved the twisty flumes at the pool. Synonyms serpentineliterary tortuous bent into curves: plants with twisty stems Modern radishes can be white, long, and twisty. (of the plot(= story) of a book, film, play, etc.) very complicated, with many surprising events or unexpected developments: The drama has never had a big audience because its twisty espionage plot is too hard to follow. This is a top-notch thriller that is so twisty you may forget to breathe. The accident took place along the twisty, narrow road around the lake. You will find it a steep and twisty climb through a dense forest on a path which is largely flooded when it rains. The drivers roared round the corners and navigated a twisty, bendy and muddy course. If you let the common boxwood grow naturally, it becomes a small, twisty tree with multiple trunks. This is a twisty, amusing comedy thriller about a bored housewife getting drawn into the New York criminal underworld. Bending, twisting and curving arch your back ball up bendy bent bowed distorted distortion entwine flex flexion snakily swirling swirlingly swoopy tangle wrap something around someone/something wriggle wristy writhe zigzag You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Complexity Examples of twistytwisty Basically, the village runs down a long and twisty hill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a very twisty road they are following, and they are always turning the corner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The road of unilateral devolution is a dangerous one; it is twisty and slippery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As it was a twisty road, that was obviously the kind of thing which ought not to have been happening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were bumpy; they were narrow; they were twisty; they were steep. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The road is rather twisty, it has many trees and it is dark in places. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The car was travelling at 80 miles an hour on a little twisty road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Near the former village, the twisty road on the higher reaches is being reconstructed and has had a lot of attention from armies of workmen for the past few months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we want to do is to trap the man who is going along twisty roads, among a lot of traffic, at over 30 miles an hour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is twisty with a series of hairpin turns punctuated by short straights. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is one of the most challenging race tracks in the world, mainly due to its fast, hilly and twisty nature. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This evocative two-part miniseries has a lot going for it: rich period design, an engagingly twisty plot, performances with depth, intriguing racial and class issues. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Its three long straights, as well as a twisty infield section, asked for a setup compromise. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The route is somewhat antiquated, concurrent entirely with other routes, and significantly longer than the twisty mainline. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Bar ends can prove troublesome when negotiating twisty tracks between trees as they may hook around branches and cause a crash. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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