| 单词 | maze |
| 释义 | maze (meɪz ) Word forms: mazes 1. countable noun A maze is a complex system of passages or paths between walls or hedges and is designed to confuse people who try to find their way through it, often as a form of amusement. The palace has extensive gardens, a maze, and tennis courts. 2. countable noun A maze of streets, rooms, or tunnels is a large number of them that are connected in a complicated way, so that it is difficult to find your way through them. The children lead me through the maze of alleys to the edge of the city. [+ of] ...a maze of dimly-lighted, brown-carpeted corridors. 3. countable noun You can refer to a set of ideas, topics, or rules as a maze when a large number of them are related to each other in a complicated way that makes them difficult to understand. The book tries to steer you through the maze of alternative therapies. [+ of] ...the maze of rules and regulations. Synonyms: web, puzzle, confusion, tangle Collocations: maze of rooms Music in the basement ranges from disco to funk, but this floor also boasts a maze of rooms for lounging. Globe and Mail There was a giant maze of rooms and tunnels, each with a puzzle you had to solve. Times, Sunday Times The first level was a simple maze of rooms and corridors, for none of the participants had ever played such a game before. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Two cannons guard the entrance to the fort which opens into a maze of rooms, high-ceilinged halls, doorways, terraces, narrow staircases and corridors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has an elaborate layout with a maze of rooms and halls. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To get there, you have to negotiate a maze of concrete and barbed wire. Times, Sunday Times Agile youngsters were put through their paces by ducking, dodging and crawling on all fours to successfully negotiate the maze without tripping the laser sensors. The Sun Instead, you have to negotiate a maze of baffling stairs and passages. Times, Sunday Times To negotiate that maze of antagonistic interests required special skills and knowledge. Times, Sunday Times Each will be assigned a uniquely shaped medallion, negotiating the maze till they find a key station. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That's a tall order when your subject lives in a vast underground maze of limestone passages. Smithsonian Mag As she careered from one dangerous underground maze to another, not even the spectacular silliness of her story line could disguise the continuing fascination of such places. Times, Sunday Times A staircase on this level descends into a series of randomly generated underground mazes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 迷宫 Japanese: 迷路 |
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