| 单词 | labyrinthine |
| 释义 | labyrinthine (once / 11476 pages) adj Labyrinthine is a good word to describe a place that feels like an enormous maze. A new student at a huge, sprawling high school is likely to find the building labyrinthine as he wanders the halls looking for his math class. If you've ever been lost in a hedge maze, you know what a labyrinth is. The adjective labyrinthine describes something that is as confusing, complex, or maze-like as a labyrinth. This could be an actual maze, a city, or even a convoluted idea. The word comes from the Greek labyrinthos, the structure built to contain the mythological Minotaur. In the story, Daedalus did such a good job making the building labyrinthine that he nearly couldn't find his way out. WORD FAMILYlabyrinthine USAGE EXAMPLESThere are treasure hunts, and then there is Hannah Wells’s insane, labyrinthine journey through this week’s “Designated Survivor.” New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) Aviv wrote about Hayes for the magazine in 2014, in a story that sheds light on the labyrinthine connections between scientists, industry, and government. The New Yorker(Dec 01, 2016) It was a series that relied on witty banter and small-scale family drama rather than stylistic flourishes or labyrinthine plots. Los Angeles Times(Nov 18, 2016) 1adj resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths Syn labyrinthian, mazy complex complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts 2adj relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear labyrinthine deafness |
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