英语词汇“gordian knot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	gordian knot
释义	gordian knot noun Usage: often capitalized G Etymology: Gordius, mythological founder of Phrygia, who tied an intricate knot in a chariot thong the untying of which was pronounced by oracle to be possible only to one destined to be master of Asia (from Latin, from Greek Gordios) + English -an 1. : a problem most difficult of solution : an extreme difficulty < this problem of slavery was to me a gordian knot — C.W.Garrison > — usually used in the phrase cut the gordian knot < the temptation to cut the gordian knots of meaning by essentialist definitions — H.D.Aiken > — compare cut the knot at cut I 2. : a knot so involved as not to be easily unraveled : an extremely intricate knot
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