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

• Thank you for the article to help me solve a knotty problem!
  谢谢你的文章帮助我解决了一个棘手的问题！
• 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。
• 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。
• Connected to this is the knotty matter of division.
  与此相关联的是棘手的除法问题。
• 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。
• We should meet to discuss knotty problems, and talk them out to a point of mutual understanding.
  我们应该见面讨论棘手的问题，并把它们谈明白，以获得相互理解。
• This paper carries out analysis of some knotty problems in the teaching of "the structure of matter" to make numerous teachers and students understand and grasp the key and difficult points of this course.
  通过对《物质结构》教学中若干疑难问题的分析，使广大师生能更好理解、掌握这门课程的重点和难点。
• 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。
• Procure a solution to a knotty problem.
  解决了一个棘手的问题。
• The new management team faces some knotty problems.
  新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。