knotty
英 [ˈnɒt.i]
美 [ˈnɑː.t̬i]
- adj. 棘手的,难解决的;[木] 多节的;有结的
将“knotty”分解为“knot”和“-ty”后缀。想象一团纠结的“knot”(结),然后添加“-ty”使其变为形容词,描述像结一样的复杂或难以解决的问题,因此“knotty”意味着复杂或棘手的。
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knotty 复杂的来自knot,结。即多结的,引申词义复杂的。参照Gordian knot.
- knotty (adj.)
- mid-13c. (figurative use early 13c.), from knot (n.) + -y (2). Related: Knottiness.
- 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。
- 2. the knotty roots of the old oak tree
- 盘根错节的老橡树根
- 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.
- 4. She met with a lot of knotty problems.
- 她碰上了许多棘手的问题.
- 5. This is a knotty passage.
- 这是一段复杂难懂的文字.