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　

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

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

The new management team faces some knotty problems.
新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。
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。
The chemistry is knotty for me.
化学对我来说是很复杂难懂的。
While in calculation of unsteady state problems, the transient terms are always knotty problems to deal with.
但是在求解非稳态流体流动问题时，对非稳态项的处理一直是个棘手问题。
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。
He nodded his head repeatedly as if he had managed to solve some knotty problem.
他不住地点着头，似乎幸而弄明白了一个疑难的问题。
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。
He had to discuss knotty points of Rousseau and Hegel with her.
他不得不和她讨论卢梭和黑格尔的那些深奥问题。
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。