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

• Pale clerks, laborers with stiff, gnarled hands, old fishermen, and young mechanics;
  有脸色苍白的职员，双手僵直粗糙的劳工；上了年纪的渔民和年轻的技工；
• Through their thick, diamond-shaped panes of yellow glass Jaime glimpsed the gnarled limbs of the tree from which the castle took its name.
  透过镶嵌着厚厚的黄色玻璃的菱形窗格，詹姆瞥见了那棵大树遒劲的树枝，正是这些树枝赋予了这座城堡现在的名字。
• 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。
• What then, you may ask, is a gnarled walker?
  那么，你也许会问了，多节行者是什么？
• The wind has gnarled this old tree.
  大风扭坏了这棵老树。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• China is a land of opposites-ancient pagodas and Buddhist temples mingled with steel high-rises and gnarled expressways.
  中国是两极共生之地&千年宝塔、古刹与钢筋大楼、纵横交错的高速公路相呼应。
• 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。