Gnarl
[nɑːl]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) twist into a state of deformity; 'The wind has gnarled this old tree'.
整理:罗德尼--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To growl; to snarl.
(n.) a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
奥布里校對
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. Growl, snarl.
編輯:普鲁登斯
解釋/意思:
n. a twisted knot in wood.—adj. Gnarled knotty twisted.
校對:诺琳
例句/造句/用法:
- The palish, gnarled trunks showed ghostly, and like old priests in the hovering distance, the fern rose magical and mysterious. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The very oldest of the trees, gnarled mighty oaks, crowd about the brink of this dell. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Gnarled and twisted trees spring from the old walls every where, and beautify and overshadow the gray battlements with a wild luxuriance of foliage. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
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