If you describe a place as labyrinthine, you mean that it is like a labyrinth.
例句
The streets of the Old City are narrow and labyrinthine.老城区的街道狭促曲折,好似迷宫一般。
ADJ-GRADED
错综复杂的;盘根错节的;令人费解的
If you describe a situation, process, or field of knowledge as labyrinthine, you mean that it is very complicated and difficult to understand.
例句
...his failure to understand the labyrinthine complexities of the situation.他对这一错综复杂的情况摸不着头脑
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear;
"labyrinthine deafness"
2. resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity;
"a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths"
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"