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单词 gnarled
释义 gnarled
\-ld\ adjective
Etymology: probably alteration of knurled
1. : warped or twisted with or as if with gnarls : cross-grained, knotty
 < the hand all gnarled with work — D.H.Lawrence >
 < three gnarled cedars stand at the entrance — American Guide Series: Louisiana >
2. : crabbed in disposition, aspect, or character : hard-bitten
 < public life abounds in gnarled and striking figures; and the literary scene presents a splendid row of great eccentrics — Times Literary Supplement >
 < a prose … knotty and gnarled — D.L.Morgan >
 < in an environment tightly gnarled, among unimaginative folk, dependent upon agriculture for a living — Saturday Review >
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