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

• The psychological inversion of the students is a knotty problem in the college ideological and political work.
  大学生的逆反心理是高校思想政治工作中比较棘手的一个问题。
• Through the analysis of knotty problems of equivalent balance in senior chemical teaching, the author sums them up from different conditions and gets regular knowledge so as to apply.
  通过对高中化学教学中等效平衡疑难问题的分析，从不同条件下进行归纳和总结，得出规律性的认识，以便应用。
• 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。
• 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。
• Reconciling and resolving gem dependencies is something of a knotty problem.
  协调和解决gem依赖性是个棘手的问题。
• The chemistry is knotty for me.
  化学对我来说是很复杂难懂的。
• I now face the knotty question of what to have for breakfast.
  我现在伤脑筋的是不知道早餐吃什么好。
• Even the professor could not clarify the knotty point.
  甚至教授也无法解决这个棘手问题。
• The new management team faces some knotty problems.
  新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。
• It is almost impossible to skirt the knotty problem.
  想回避这个棘手的问题几乎是不可能的。