"knotty" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 多节的
• 棘手的
• 复杂的

Definition

指有很多结（如粗糙的木头）或形容问题非常棘手、复杂。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“Knotty”在描述难题时较正式，常见于书面语，如“knotty problem”。形容木头时指多结、粗糙。形容头发缠结应用“tangled”而非“knotty”。

Examples

The old tree has knotty branches.

那棵老树有**多节的**树枝。

This math question is really knotty.

这道数学题真的很**棘手**。

His answer solved a knotty problem.

他的回答解决了一个**复杂的**问题。

That was a knotty situation, but we got through it together.

那是个**棘手的**局面，但我们一起挺过来了。

He likes to carve knotty wood because it has more character.

他喜欢雕刻**多节的**木头，因为更有特色。

The committee argued for hours over the knotty details of the contract.

委员会就合同的**复杂**细节争论了好几个小时。