| 单词 | convoluted |
| 释义 | convoluted (once / 14206 pages) adj If something is convoluted, it's intricate and hard to understand. You'll need to read over your brother's convoluted investment scheme a few times before deciding whether or not to go in on it. Convoluted comes from the Latin convolutus for rolled up together. Its original meaning in English was exactly that, first for eaves coiled up on themselves, then for anything rolled or knotted together. Over time convoluted took on its metaphorical sense of complicated and intricate, which is how it's generally used today. People complain about convoluted legal language and the convoluted tax code. WORD FAMILYconvolute: convoluted, convolutes, convoluting, convolution+/convolution: convolutions USAGE EXAMPLESEach personality description gets a little convoluted, but suffice it to say that this is at least an interesting way to approach losing weight. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) The case, though, against the men proved to be extremely convoluted as the only law pertaining to piracy in the US was 200 years old. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) The result is a convoluted workaround many fishermen view as nonsensical. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious convoluted legal language convoluted reasoning Syn Byzantine, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous complex complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts 2adj rolled longitudinally upon itself Syn convolute coiled curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals) |
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