convoluted
英 [,k?nv?'l(j)u?t?d]
美['kɑnv?lut?d]
- adj. 复杂的；费解的；旋绕的
- v. 盘绕；缠绕（convolute的过去分词）
英英释意
- 1. rolled or coiled together;
- "a convoluted shell"
- 2. highly involved or intricate;
- "the Byzantine tax structure"
- "convoluted legal language"
- "convoluted reasoning"
- "intricate needlework"
- "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"
- "the plot was too involved"
- "a knotty problem"
- "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"
- "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott
- "tortuous legal procedures"
- "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"