knotty
英 ['nɒtɪ]
美['nɑti]
- adj. 棘手的，难解决的；[木] 多节的；有结的
英英释意
- 1. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve;
- "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 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"
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》