| 单词 | gnarl |
| 释义 | gnarl (once / 2811 pages) 1v 2vn To gnarl is to twist something up until it's deformed. A gnarl is something twisted up like a knot. When you gnarl something, you twist and mangle it. If you have long hair that's gnarled, it's become knotted and clumped up. You could say one of those clumps of hair is a gnarl. People's bodies can gnarl too, especially as they get older. An old person with crooked, poor posture has become gnarled. A tree that is twisted is gnarled. When something's gnarled, it's hard to untwist. WORD FAMILYgnarl: gnarled, gnarling, gnarls, gnarly USAGE EXAMPLESThe Garden Square Apartments across the street were a gnarled mess, including the Rogerses’ apartment. Washington Times(Dec 03, 2016) A row of purple bougainvillea, cut smooth and straight as a buffet table, separated the gnarled trees from the driveway. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) He carried an old briefcase on his lap and his gnarled, big-knuckled fingers lay entwined on the cracked fake leather. Salon(Oct 29, 2016) 1 v make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath 2Syn|Hyper croak, grumble, murmur, mutter complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness 1v twist into a state of deformity The wind has gnarled this old tree Hyper bend, deform, flex, turn, twist cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form 2n something twisted and tight and swollen the old man's fists were two great gnarls Syn|Hyper knot distorted shape, distortion a shape resulting from distortion |
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