英 [ˈnɒti] 美 [ˈnɑːti]
adj. 难以解决的，棘手的；（木头表面）多节（疤）的
比较级knottier
最高级knottiest
knotty /ˈnɒtɪ/ [ knottier knottiest ]
形容词 A knotty problem is complicated and difficult to solve. 复杂的; 难以解决的
The new management faces some knotty problems.
新的管理层面临着一些棘手的问题。
形容词 Knotty wood has a lot of small hard areas on it where branches once grew. (木头)多节的
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
同义词： baffling / problematic / problematical / tough
highly complex or intricate
a knotty problem
同义词： Byzantine / convoluted / involved / tangled / tortuous
多节的
... knit 编织 knotty 多节的，棘手的 kudos 名望，荣誉，声誉 ...
... 〖bend〗弯曲 〖scratchone’shead〗以手搔头 〖knotty〗喻事情不好办,让人费难 ...
... intransigent不妥协，不让步 knotty困难的，棘手的 splurge乱花钱，挥霍 ...
... knit v.编织 knotty adj.（树木等）有节疤的；困难的，棘手的 knowledgeable adj.有丰富知识的，博学多才的 ...
knotted 多节的，有节的；棘手的
knot （绳等的）结；节瘤，疙瘩；海里/小时（航速单位）
knottiness 纠纷；难题；多节
knot 打结
knot 打结
棘手的，难解决的；[木]多节的；有结的
The new management faces some knotty problems.
新的管理层面临着一些棘手的问题。
It was a knotty question.
这是一个棘手的问题。
Einstein would furiously play his violin as a way to think through a knotty physics problem.
爱因斯坦会以疯狂地拉小提琴的方式来思考一个复杂的物理问题。
Once abortion is protected, the proper way to escape the knotty dilemmas of Harris v.
Garston Children's Centre next Thursday and at Knotty Ash Children's Centre on Tuesday 26 March.
Years spent engaging Americans on the knotty conundrums of race leave me confident in that prediction.