knotty
adjective
uk/ˈnɒt.i/us/ˈnɑː.t̬i/knottyadjective(COMPLICATED)
informal
(of aproblemordifficulty)complicatedanddifficulttosolve:
错综复杂的;难于解决的,棘手的It was a very knottyproblem.那实在是一个棘手的问题。
Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- another
- arduous
- fierce
- formidable
- formidably
- get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
- grail
- obstinately
- onerous
- overdemanding
- painstaking
- picnic
- tricky
- tuff
- ultra-sensitive
- unresolved
- unsolved
knottyadjective(WOOD)
with a lot ofknots:
多节的a knottypieceofwood多节的木头
Types of wood
- balk
- balsa wood
- beech
- boxwood
- cedar
- deal
- dyewood
- Eastern white pine
- fir
- mahogany
- maple
- matchwood
- mulga
- pine
- redwood
- softwood
- spruce
- teak
- timber
- walnut