Knotty

(adj.) tangled in knots or snarls; 'a mass of knotted string'; 'snarled thread' .

校对:罗伯特

• It was but a short time thereafter that he solved the knotty problem by an invention mentioned in a previous chapter. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This proved to be a most knotty and intricate puzzle--tricky and evasive--always leading on and promising something, and at the last slipping away leaving the work undone. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Two or three times, the matter in hand became so knotty, that the jackal found it imperative on him to get up, and steep his towels anew. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• There was a grass-grown track descending the forest aisle between hoar and knotty shafts and under branched arches. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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