knotty

英['nɒti] 美['nɑːti]
  • adj. 有结的；多节的；多瘤的；复杂的；棘手的
knottier knottiest knottiness
GRE

详细释义

    adj. (形容词)
    1. 棘手的
    2. 有结的
    3. 多节的
    4. 复杂的
    5. 难解决的
    6. 有节的
    7. 缠绕在一起的
    8. 节疤多的
    9. 纠纷的
    10. 深奥
    11. 伤脑筋的
    12. 让人捉摸不透
    13. 多结的
    14. 打结的
    15. 多瘤的
    16. 多结节的
    17. 多节瘤的
    18. 困难的

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe;

    "a baffling problem"
    "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"
    "a problematic situation at home"

  2. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots;

    "gnarled and knotted hands"
    "a knobbed stick"

  3. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious;

    "the Byzantine tax structure"
    "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"
    "convoluted legal language"
    "convoluted reasoning"
    "the plot was too involved"
    "a knotty problem"
    "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"
    "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"
    "tortuous legal procedures"
    "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"

  4. tangled in knots or snarls;

    "a mass of knotted string"
    "snarled thread"

双语例句

1. The new man-agement team faces some knotty problems.
新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。

来自柯林斯例句

2. the knotty roots of the old oak tree
盘根错节的老橡树根

来自《权威词典》

3. Under his leadership, many knotty problems were smoothly solved.
在他的领导下, 许多伤脑筋的问题都迎刃而解.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. She met with a lot of knotty problems.
她碰上了许多棘手的问题.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. This is a knotty passage.
这是一段复杂难懂的文字.

来自《用法词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. This is a knotty passage.
      这是一段复杂难懂的文字。
    2. She met with a lot of knotty problems.
      她碰上了许多棘手的问题。
    3. It is almost impossible to skirt the knotty problem.
      想回避这个棘手的问题几乎是不可能的。

用法讲解

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