knotty是什么意思？

knotty

英[ˈnɒti] 美[ˈnɑti]

• adj. （指木材）多结节的，多节瘤的，困难的，棘手的；

比较级：knottier;

最高级：knottiest;

例句

• She met with a lot of knotty problems. 她碰上了许多棘手的问题。
• He was scowling fearfully, and I judged that he was concocting a particularly knotty editorial. 他皱眉瞪眼,样子很可怕, 我估计他是在拼凑一篇特别伤脑筋的社论.
• I judged that he was concocting a particularly knotty editorial. 我估计他是在拼凑一篇特别伤脑筋的社论.
• As a result, legislator employ various procedual devices to handle knotty problems. 结果, 议员们便采取种种程序性的手法来对付棘手的问题.
• 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.
• the knotty roots of the old oak tree 盘根错节的老橡树根
• The new man-agement team faces some knotty problems. 新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。
• He had to discuss knotty points of Rousseau and Hegel with her. 他不得不和她讨论卢梭和黑格尔的那些深奥问题.
• The trainee foxed the arrogant instructor with a knotty problem. 那位受训的队员故意用难题把傲慢的教练搞糊涂.
• ...the knotty trunk of a hawthorn tree. 多节的山楂树干

英语六级真题

Einstein would furiously play his violin as a way to think through a knotty physics problem.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  复杂的；难以解决的；棘手的
  A knotty problem is complicated and difficult to solve.
  例句
  The new management team faces some knotty problems. 新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。
• ADJ
  有节的；多节的
  Knotty wood has a lot of small hard areas on it where branches once grew.
  例句
  ...the knotty trunk of a hawthorn tree. 多节的山楂树干

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  困难的,棘手的
  She met with a lot of knotty problems. 她碰上了许多棘手的问题。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  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"