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

• Procure a solution to a knotty problem.
  解决了一个棘手的问题。
• Whether the Channel tunnel should be built or not is a knotty point.
  该不该修英吉利海峡隧道，是一个难以决定的复杂问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• Ten years ago when computer came into China, Chinese character coding became a knotty problem.
  在十年以前当计算机进入中国的时候，中国个性编码变成一个有结的问题。
• The chemistry is knotty for me.
  化学对我来说是很复杂难懂的。
• He made his mind to solve the knotty problem by himself.
  他下决心自己解决这个棘手的问题。
• This is a knotty problem.
  这可是件让人挠头的事。
• 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。
• The new management team faces some knotty problems.
  新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。