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knot·ty
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比较级:knottier
最高级:knottiest
knottily (adv.), knottiness (n.)
词根:knot
adj.knotted 多节的,有节的;棘手的
n.knot (绳等的)结;节瘤,疙瘩;海里/小时(航速单位)
knottiness 纠纷;难题;多节
vi.knot 打结
vt.knot 打结
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"
knotty problem难解决的问题
13世纪中叶,“充满结节”(比喻问题或难题,早在13世纪初已有记录),源自 knot(结)和 -y(2)。相关词汇: Knottiness。
The first known use of knotty was in the 13th century
knowingadjective
having or showing special knowledge
a knowing smile
shrewdly and keenly alert
intentional
knowingadjective
having or showing special knowledge
a knowing smile
shrewdly and keenly alert
intentional
know1 of 2verb
to have understanding of
know yourself
to recognize the nature of
knew them to be honest
to recognize the identity of
knew me by my walk
to be acquainted or familiar with
knows the city very well
to be aware of the truth of
know that the earth is round
to have a practical understanding of
knows how to write
to have information or knowledge
ask someone who knows
to be or become aware
knew about the problem
know2 of 2noun
the fact of knowing : knowledge
knottyadjective
full of knots
knotty wood
difficult sense 2b
a knotty problem
1 She met with a lot of knotty problems.
她碰上了许多棘手的问题。
2 They don’t have much top, but lots of knotty roots, shaped sort of like sweet potatoes.
3 Despite this, it’s clear that she loves him, which feels like a rounded take on a knotty subject.
4 Without her, it would be a not bad procedural, touching on some knotty contemporary issues and infused with a paranoia that is at once unsettling and comforting.
5 “They become twisted and increasingly knotty as she’s getting caught in the web.”
6 We should think about another facet of this knotty problem.
对于这个棘手的问题我们应该考虑其另一个方面.
7 Considered by some to be one of Shakespeare’s problem plays, this knotty romantic dramedy turns out to be a good match for the wordless art and Mr. Wheeldon’s physical poetry.
8 In a confrontational meeting when she is an adult, they go over the knotty circumstances of the abuse, which culminated in their running away together.
9 Where she succeeds is in making even the knottiest issues seem accessible to a bright seventh grader.
10 Instead, on a summer trip to a lake in northern Michigan, he lost himself for days in “Death in Venice,” “stared at accusingly by the knotty pine eyes on the planks lining the walls.”
11 Lindsey explained that because these characters were nomads, their hair would naturally look a little more knotty and less uniform.
12 Their approaches to certain aspects of gay culture and their attitudes toward sex are where matters grow knotty.
13 And it’s answered, in some ways, by the songs themselves on Bon Iver’s most diverse, noisiest, shortest, knottiest and most experimental album so far.
14 As she explains, reading from index cards that she riffles through nervously, the “presentation” will be preceded by a lecture on this knotty subject, which, in turn, will be preceded by an overview.
15 Gradually the marks accumulated to make a beautifully sensitive, knotty drawing of the figure.
16 But at a panel on Tuesday, the translator, Dai Congrong of Fudan University, who spent nearly 10 years wrestling with Joyce's runaway sentences and knotty coinages, confessed that even she didn't fully understand the book.
17 Mr. Lim stood near a safari tent, which had been pitched indoors and furnished with knotty bookshelves, gas lanterns, a typewriter and a dog-eared copy of “Lonely Planet Thailand.”
18 The tangled web turned knotty mess began when Gary, a celebrated French author two decades past his prime, decided in 1973 to write his new novel, his 20th, under a new name: Émile Ajar.
19 It takes a while for the ear to get used to Ives' verse, which is clever and knotty and peppered with anachronisms in our own patois, like "soccer mom."
20 Complex characters appeal to him – with James being a particularly knotty role to untangle.
1 结节
nodular tubercular nodosity geniculum knot nodule tuber tubercle tuberosity protuberance tuberculum
2 粗糙的
rough harsh crude rugged rustic unfinished earthy granular unkempt raspy bristly unbolted scabrous scragged in the rough
3 多节的
knotted gnarled knobby nodose knurly knaggy multistage tuberose knobbly knarry gnarly multifid
4 困难
hard bad difficult tough painful sticky hairy dodgy ill difficulty rub hassle inconvenience strait perplexity heavy going abstract awkward rocky complicate uphill arduous trying laborious scabrous hydra-headed question mess jam complication scrape toil gaff toils dys
7 复杂的
involved sophisticated mixed elaborate serpentine involuted complex complicated cumbersome tangled
10 多结节的
12 纠纷
trouble conflict shine coil complication feud tangle labyrinth entanglement plexus snarl dissension perplexity imbroglio shindy
13 多节
knotted gnarled knobby nodose knurly knaggy knobbiness nodosity multistage tuberose knarry gnarly multifid
14 棘手的
slippery slippy twiddly hot messy spiny tender thorny touchy involved awkward troublesome intractable ticklish involute troublous kittle testing complicated tricky prickly obstinate fiendish vexed sticky tough stern uncomfortable unforgiving untoward nettlesome insupportable delicate problem the very devil tight knotted spinous knobby techie tetchy tricksy scabrous difficile
16 粗糙
rough harsh crude rugged rustic unfinished earthy granular unkempt raspy bristly unbolted scabrous scragged roughly husk asperity shag roughen coarsen in the rough in the log
17 缠绕在一起
18 困难的
hard bad difficult tough painful sticky hairy dodgy heavy going abstract awkward rocky complicate uphill arduous trying laborious scabrous hydra-headed
19 多节瘤的
20 多结
21 多结的
22 错综复杂
complex intricate byzantine complexity intricacy crinkum-crankum convoluted labyrinthine sinuous involute thicket ravel
25 结节的
26 难以解释的
27 棘手
testing complicated tricky messy slippery prickly thorny touchy intractable obstinate fiendish vexed ticklish sticky delicacy awkwardness stickiness trickiness touchiness hot tough uncomfortable unforgiving untoward nettlesome insupportable tight awkward knotted spinous knobby delicate troublesome techie spiny tetchy tricksy scabrous difficile
28 令人困惑的