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convoluted 音标拼音: [k'ɑnvəl ,utəd] a. 旋绕的;回旋状的 旋绕的;回旋状的 convoluted adj 1: rolled longitudinally upon itself; " a convolute petal" [ synonym: { convolute}, { convoluted}] 2: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; " the Byzantine tax structure"; " Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; " convoluted legal language"; " convoluted reasoning"; " 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" [ synonym: { Byzantine}, { convoluted}, { involved}, { knotty}, { tangled}, { tortuous}] Convoluted \ Con" vo* lu` ted\, a. 1. Having convolutions. [ 1913 Webster] beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram' s horn. -- Pennant. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Folded in tortuous windings. [ 1913 Webster] A highly convoluted brain. -- North Amer. Rev. [ 1913 Webster]
coiled \ coiled\ ( koild), adj. curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals; as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on the deck. Opposite of { uncoiled}. Note: [ Narrower terms: { coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled}; { convolute rolled longitudinally upon itself};{ curled, curled up}; { involute closely coiled so that the axis is obscured)}; { looped, whorled}; { twined, twisted}; { convoluted}; { involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves in bud: having margins rolled inward)}; { wound}] [ WordNet 1. 5]
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