| 单词 | labyrinthine |
| 释义 | labyrinthine (læbɪrɪnθaɪn ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe a place as labyrinthine, you mean that it is like a labyrinth. [formal] The streets of the Old City are narrow and labyrinthine. Synonyms: mazelike, winding, tangled, intricate 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe a situation, process, or field of knowledge as labyrinthine, you mean that it is very complicated and difficult to understand. [formal] ...his failure to understand the labyrinthine complexities of the situation. Synonyms: complex, puzzling, perplexing, involved Collocations: labyrinthine corridor These diaries build a labyrinthine corridor to give access to rooms that couldn't be reached any other way. The Times Literary Supplement It's the assorted entrances and exits, the labyrinthine corridors and the signage. Times,Sunday Times He knew its labyrinthine corridors of power like few others and had a wide net of allies and connections. Times, Sunday Times Lifts and long, labyrinthine corridors are difficult and expensive to maintain, leading to high and sometimes unpredictable service charges for people living in blocks of flats. Times, Sunday Times And it certainly isn't the labyrinthine plot that only a crossword-puzzle expert could follow. Times, Sunday Times She'll have to simplify the idiotic, labyrinthine plot, of course. Times, Sunday Times Both series feature longsuffering colleagues and have labyrinthine plots, but it's the detectives - with their gifts and their flaws - that drive them. Times, Sunday Times Its cinematic production, season-long mystery and labyrinthine plots created a blueprint for the sort of high-quality series that audiences have become used to binge-watching. Times, Sunday Times They are epic thrillers with labyrinthine plots and black humor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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