| 单词 | knotty |
| 释义 | knotty (once / 4464 pages) 1adj 2adj 3adj Whether it’s pine or problems, sometimes the word knotty can apply to both. Knotty can describe something that has a lot of knots, either literally or figuratively. The adjective knotty is a way to describe something that’s covered in knots. It can be used in a literal sense to refer to wood that is covered in hard, irregular knots — you’ve probably seen these circular, knobby imperfections that sometime appear on wood. The word can also be used figuratively to describe something that is intricate and difficult to solve, such as a knotty political problem involving two warring nations or a knotty legal issue involving complicated constitutional issues. WORD FAMILYknotty: knottier, knottiest, knottily, knottiness+/knot: knots, knotted, knotting, knotty, unknot/unknot: unknots, unknotted, unknotting USAGE EXAMPLESWhen his only customer turns to him with a particularly knotty problem, Arthur’s “Jim, these are not robot questions” reply is priceless. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) “Richard II” was too knotty to comprehensibly distill. Los Angeles Times(Dec 19, 2016) The centerpieces are piano concertos: two by Haydn and Ligeti’s uproarious, rhythmically knotty contribution to the genre. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1 adj tangled in knots or snarls 2Syn snarled, snarly tangled in a confused mass adj used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots 3Syn gnarled, gnarly, knobbed, knotted crooked having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned 1adj making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast Syn baffling, elusive, problematic, problematical, tough difficult, hard not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure 2adj highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious a knotty problem Syn Byzantine, convoluted, involved, tangled, tortuous complex complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts |
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