labyrinthine

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌlab.əˈɹɪn.θʌɪn/    美 /ˌlæb.əˈɹɪn.θɪn/|/ˌlæb.əˈɹɪnˌθaɪn/|/ˌlæb.əˈɹɪnˌθin/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze.
    — As our train to Paris dashed through the labyrynthine flyovers at Porchefontaine, barely a mile from Versailles, the 75 m.p.h. limit was already almost attained.
  2. Relating to the labyrinth of the inner ear.
  3. Convoluted, baffling, confusing, perplexing. figuratively
    — Mamet, like one of his characters, invents a labyrinthine, convoluted spiel leading nowhere, and like a magician distracts us with his words while elaborately not producing a rabbit from his hat.

词形变化

more labyrinthine comparative most labyrinthine superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
intralabyrinthine labyrinthine artery labyrinthinely nonlabyrinthine perilabyrinthine retrolabyrinthine translabyrinthine
相关词
labyrinth labyrinthal labyrinthean labyrinthed labyrinthial labyrinthian labyrinthic labyrinthical labyrinthically labyrinthiform labyrinthlike

词源

From labyrinth + -ine from Ancient Greek λᾰβύρῐνθος (lăbúrĭnthos, “a maze”).
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