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

• Wisteria plants can reach a considerable age, developing thick, gnarled stems.
  紫藤植物有很长的寿命，茎粗而多节瘤。
• An old, old ivy vine, gnarled and decayed at the roots, climbed half-way up the brick wall.
  一条很老的、多结巴的、根已经腐朽的常青藤爬上了砖墙的中部。
• 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。
• I hoped to find a guide who could bring me safely into the Festering Wood and back, for I had come to see for myself the strange creatures that are the "gnarled walkers".
  我希望能有一个向导能够安全的把我带进溃烂森林（FesteringWood）而后再出来，因为我知道那里面有着一种奇特的生物，多节行者。
• A gnarled old tramp lay curled up on apark bench.
  一个饱经风霜的老年流浪汉蜷曲在公园的椅子上。
• Large 3-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridgedged; an important timber tree.
  美国东南一种大型的三针松树，针叶长，树枝多瘤弯曲；深深的脊状纹树皮呈红褐色；重要的木材。
• The olive trees are old and gnarled.
  那里的橄榄树老而多节。
• The strange phenomenon of gnarled old trees with coins embedded all over their bark has been spotted on trails from the Peak District to the Scottish Highlands.
  从英国皮克区到苏格兰高地，粗糙的老树干的外皮上嵌满了硬币，这种情况十分奇特。
• His hands were gnarled with arthritis.
  他的双手因患关节炎而扭曲变形。
• 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。