knotty

英 [ˈnɒti]

美 [ˈnɑːti]

adj.  复杂的; 难以解决的; 棘手的; 有节的; 缠绕在一起的

最高级：knottiest　比较级：knottier　

GRE

BNC.21895 / COCA.23275

牛津词典

adj.

• 复杂的；难以解决的；棘手的
  complicated and difficult to solve
  1. a knotty problem
     棘手的问题
• 有节的；缠绕在一起的
  having parts that are hard and twisted together
  1. the knotty roots of the old oak tree
     盘根错节的老橡树根

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 复杂的；难以解决的；棘手的
  Aknottyproblem is complicated and difficult to solve.
  1. The new management team faces some knotty problems.
     新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。
• ADJ 有节的；多节的
  Knottywood has a lot of small hard areas on it where branches once grew.
  1. ...the knotty trunk of a hawthorn tree.
     多节的山楂树干

双语例句

• Even the professor could not clarify the knotty point.
  甚至教授也无法解决这个棘手问题。
• This is a knotty problem.
  这可是件让人挠头的事。
• I judged that he was concocting a particularly knotty editorial.
  我估计他是在拼凑一篇特别伤脑筋的社论。
• He was scowling fearfully, and I judged that he was concocting a particularly knotty editorial.
  他皱眉瞪眼，样子很可怕，我估计他是在拼凑一篇特别伤脑筋的社论。
• Connected to this is the knotty matter of division.
  与此相关联的是棘手的除法问题。
• Under his leadership, many knotty problems were smoothly solved.
  在他的领导下，许多伤脑筋的问题都迎刃而解。
• Thank you for the article to help me solve a knotty problem!
  谢谢你的文章帮助我解决了一个棘手的问题！
• Engineers would also have to solve some knotty packaging problems.
  还有，工程师也必须能解决某些错综复杂的套装问题。
• We should meet to discuss knotty problems, and talk them out to a point of mutual understanding.
  我们应该见面讨论棘手的问题，并把它们谈明白，以获得相互理解。
• This paper raises knotty problems concerning the translation of the History of Ming Into the vernacular Chinese.
  本文就个人翻译《明史》时遇到的一些较为棘手的问题提出来进行讨论。