labyrinthine
英[,læbə'rɪnθaɪn]
美[,læbə'rɪnθɪn]
英英释意
- 1. relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear;
- "labyrinthine deafness"
- 2. resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity;
- "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths"
- 3. 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"