English-Thai Dictionary

sinuous

ADJ ซึ่ง เป็น คลื่น  คดเคี้ยว เหมือน งู  snaky serpentine winding sueng-pen-klun

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SINUOUS

a.[L. sinus. ] Wind; crooked; bending in and out; as a sinuous pipe. Streaking the ground with sinuous trace.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SINUOUS

Sin "u *ous, a. Etym: [L. sinuosus, fr. sinus a bent surface, a curve: cf. F. sinueux. See Sinus. ]

 

Defn: Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked. -- Sin "u *ous *ly, adv. Streaking the ground with sinuous trace. Milton. Gardens bright with sinuous rills. Coleridge.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sinuous

sin u ous |ˈsinyo͞oəs ˈsɪnjuəs | ▶adjective having many curves and turns: the river follows a sinuous trail through the forest. • lithe and supple: the sinuous grace of a cat. DERIVATIVES sin u ous ly adverb, sin u ous ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French sinueux or Latin sinuosus, from sinus ‘a bend. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

sinuous

sinuous |ˈsɪnjʊəs | ▶adjective having many curves and turns: the river follows a sinuous trail through the dale. • lithe and supple: the sinuous grace of a cat. DERIVATIVES sinuously adverb, sinuousness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French sinueux or Latin sinuosus, from sinus ‘a bend ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sinuous

sinuous adjective 1 a sinuous river: winding, windy, serpentine, curving, twisting, meandering, snaking, zigzag, curling, coiling. 2 she moved with sinuous grace: lithe, supple, agile, graceful, loose-limbed, limber, lissome.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sinuous

sinuous adjective 1 a small town with a slow-moving, sinuous river: winding, windy, serpentine, curving, twisting, meandering, snaking, snaky, zigzag, zigzagging, turning, bending, curling, coiling, undulating; tortuous; technical sinuate, ogee; rare anfractuous, flexuous, meandrous, serpentiform. ANTONYMS straight. 2 she got to her feet in one sinuous movement: lithe, supple, agile, graceful, loose-limbed, limber, lissom, willowy; informal slinky; literary lithesome. ANTONYMS clumsy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sinuous

sin u ous /sɪ́njuəs /形容詞 1 〈道などが 〉 (なめらかに )曲がりくねった ; 波状の ; 〈動作が 〉しなやかな .2 回りくどい, 遠回しの .3 込み入った, 複雑な .4 (道徳的に )曲がっている, 不正直な .～ly 副詞