| 词汇 | gnarled |
| 释义 | gnarled adjective uk /nɑːld/ us /nɑːrld/ rough and twisted, especially because of old age or no protection from bad weather: （尤指因为年老或坏天气的侵害而）粗糙的，扭曲的 a gnarled tree trunk粗糙的树干 The old man drew a long, gnarled finger across his throat.老人伸出一根扭曲变形的长手指摸了一下喉咙。 Rough, irregular and uneven abrasion abrasive abrasiveness arrhythmic bumpy jagged jaggedly jaggy jerky knobbly pockmarked raggedly raggedness raggedy roughness rugged scratchy unsteady wonkiness wonky gnarled | American Dictionarygnarled adjective us/nɑrld/ rough and twisted in shape: ancient gnarled trees gnarled hands Examples of gnarledgnarled In this type, the trees are small, more or less crowded, and present a stunted and gnarled appearance. Here is the woman-as-nature trope gone wrong: the trees are gnarled, the background is a cold, barren wasteland, a metaphor for the subject's own sterility. Do they have anything meaty or even interesting to offer to the intellectual historian who delights in charting rich mental worlds and untangling gnarled intellectual genealogies? The twin focus of the picture lies with the gnarled, but precise hand threading the needle, and her etched brow and laughter lines framed by an ornate mutchkin cap. There are one or two gnarled specimens left. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The painting shows a simple house, barely outlined, framed by two gnarled pine trees. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is a short, elderly man, with balding, white hair, a gnarled nose, and he is always seen with a big pipe. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On the opposite side of the twisted and gnarled tree stands a naked nymph, listening attentively. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It has also been described as gnarled nu-metal with all the poise of a rhinoceros in a tutu. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Commonly growing as a gnarled tree up to 15 m (50 ft) in height, it can be much smaller in more exposed areas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Julien has portrayed him in an ample cloak, with a gnarled tree on which a vine with grapes is climbing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. During his career he broke his hands countless times, and was left with deformed, gnarled knuckles and fingers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Only the best trees were felled, leaving the gnarled puriri often found on farm paddocks. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The sparsely scattered houses wear a surprisingly uniform aspect of age, squalor, and dilapidation, while the gnarled, solitary inhabitants are silent and furtive. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Nutrient uptake is hampered and the trees are stunted and gnarled. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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