| 单词 | intricacy |
| 释义 | intricacy (once / 2925 pages) n The noun intricacy means a quality of being complex or elaborately detailed. You could compliment the intricacy of your friend's complicated hairdo. A delicate piece of jewelry, twisted with decorative strands of silver, can be admired for its intricacy, and an overly complex piece of legislation might be criticized for its intricacy. You could also talk about the intricacy of the universe, or the intricacy of the human body. Intricacy comes from the Latin root word intricatus, which means "entangled." WORD FAMILYintricacy: intricacies+/intricate: intricacy, intricately USAGE EXAMPLESHe continues to learn the intricacies of the position after he converted from wide receiver in 2015 training camp. Washington Post(Dec 18, 2016) Price-index intricacies sound wonky, but there is serious scratch in poultry. Wall Street Journal(Dec 10, 2016) Mike: Despite what you may believe about the intricacies of advertising technology, this is actually an interesting case to me. New York Times(Dec 10, 2016) n marked by elaborately complex detail Syn|Hyper elaborateness, elaboration, involution complexity, complexness the quality of being intricate and compounded |
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