gnarled

英 [nɑːld]

美 [nɑːrld]

adj.  扭曲的; 多节瘤的; 疙疙瘩瘩的; (因年老或疾病)弯曲的

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BNC.21937 / COCA.15383

牛津词典

adj.

• 扭曲的；多节瘤的；疙疙瘩瘩的
  twisted and rough; covered with hard lumps
  1. a gnarled oak/branch/trunk
     多节瘤的橡树 / 树枝 / 树干
• （因年老或疾病）弯曲的，扭曲的
  bent and twisted because of age or illness
  1. gnarled hands
     扭曲的手

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （树）多节瘤的，扭曲的，疙疙瘩瘩的
  Agnarledtree is twisted and strangely shaped because it is old.
  1. ...a large and beautiful garden full of ancient gnarled trees.
     长满了扭曲盘错的古树的漂亮大花园
• ADJ-GRADED 长满皱纹的；皮肤粗糙的；关节扭曲的
  A person who isgnarledlooks very old because their skin has lines on it or their body is bent. If someone hasgnarledhands, their hands are twisted as a result of old age or illness.
  1. ...gnarled old men...
     满脸皱纹的老人
  2. His hands were gnarled with arthritis.
     他的双手因患关节炎而扭曲变形。

英英释义

adj

• used of old persons or old trees
  1. gnarled and knotted hands
  2. a knobbed stick
  Synonym:gnarlyknottedknottyknobbed

双语例句

• The old man drew a long gnarled finger across his throat.
  那老人将一只长而粗糙的手指划过他的喉咙。
• The Dark World is sort of a negative image of Light World, with gnarled trees, twisted creatures, and deviously degenerate dungeons.
  暗黑世界是光明世界的负面景象，有光秃的树木，奇异的生物和曲折诡异的地牢。
• The appreciation of the gnarled roots of an oak tree, sometimes used as stools in a-rich man's studio, is based on the same idea.
  艺术家对于盘曲的橡树根（富翁的书室里有时用之以为坐凳）的欣赏，也是根据这个观念。
• Sailor as he was, it was easy enough for him to clamber up the gnarled trunk.
  他虽说是个水手，攀上这扭曲的树干，倒还容易。
• The bent and gnarled bodies of spruce and fir trees tell the story of hard summers and harder winters near the mountain tops.
  在临近山顶的地方，无数扭曲的云杉和松树诉说着这里严酷的冬夏。
• There are men and women, too, all gnarled and bent out of shape.
  穷街陋巷中也聚居着为数众多的男人和女人，他们全都因过度劳作而扭曲了身形。
• The fingers were gnarled, lumpy, with long, curving nails suggestive of animal claws
  手指粗糙，关节突出，指甲又长又弯，让人想起动物的爪子。
• The wind has gnarled this old tree.
  大风扭坏了这棵老树。
• Your hands are so gnarled from gripping the controller, you can not even tie your shoes.
  大游戏大的太久了，手都长茧子了，你连鞋带都系不上。
• Although few have ever heard of Eta Carinae, if things go wrong horribly wrong it could be the final, gasping words spilling from the gnarled lips of the last dying humans on Earth.
  虽然很少人曾听说过的船底座伊塔星，如果出了问题-可怕地错误的-它可能是地球上最后死亡人类出自粗糙嘴唇的最终、气喘的字。