"knotty" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 多節的
• 棘手的
• 複雜的

Definition

指有很多結（如粗糙的木頭）或形容問題非常棘手、複雜。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Knotty”用於形容問題時較為正式，多出現在書面語，如“knotty problem”。形容木頭則指有多結的情況。頭髮打結應用“tangled”等，而非“knotty”。

Examples

The old tree has knotty branches.

那棵老樹有**多節的**樹枝。

This math question is really knotty.

這道數學題真的很**棘手**。

His answer solved a knotty problem.

他的回答解決了一個**複雜的**問題。

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

那是個**棘手的**情況，但我們一起挺過來了。

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

他喜歡雕刻**多節的**木頭，因為更有特色。

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

委員會就合約的**複雜**細節爭論了好幾個小時。