convoluted
美音:
[´kɔnvə´lu:təd
]英音:
[´kɔnvə´lu:təd
]adj.旋绕的,费解的
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convoluted为短语/超纲词汇
词根
volve,volut=to roll(滚;卷)
近义词, 同义词
convoluted
/'kɒnvəlu:tɪd; `kɑnvə,lutɪd/
adj
1 coiled; twisted 盘绕的; 卷曲的
*the convoluted folds of the brain 盘绕成团的脑回.
2 (fig 比喻) complicated and difficult to follow 复杂的; 费解的
*a convoluted argument, explanation, etc 玄之又玄的论点、解释等.
convoluted
adj
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of convolvere, from com- ( COM-) + volvere 'to roll']
complicated and difficult to understand
long paragraphs and convoluted sentences
The argument is rather convoluted.
formal having many twists and bends
a tightly-coiled convoluted tube