gnarled

adj.

1. 扭曲的；多节瘤的；疙疙瘩瘩的
   twisted and rough; covered with hard lumps
   1. a gnarled oak/branch/trunk
      多节瘤的橡树 / 树枝 / 树干
2. （因年老或疾病）弯曲的，扭曲的
   bent and twisted because of age or illness
   1. gnarled hands
      扭曲的手

1. ADJ-GRADED （树）多节瘤的，扭曲的，疙疙瘩瘩的
   A gnarled tree is twisted and strangely shaped because it is old.
   1. ...a large and beautiful garden full of ancient gnarled trees.
      长满了扭曲盘错的古树的漂亮大花园
2. ADJ-GRADED 长满皱纹的；皮肤粗糙的；关节扭曲的
   A person who is gnarled looks very old because their skin has lines on it or their body is bent. If someone has gnarled hands, their hands are twisted as a result of old age or illness.
   1. ...gnarled old men...
      满脸皱纹的老人
   2. His hands were gnarled with arthritis.
      他的双手因患关节炎而扭曲变形。

1. The tree has gnarled red branches and deep green leaves.
   这棵树的树枝扭曲多瘤且呈红色，树叶则是深绿色。
2. His hands were gnarled with arthritis.
   他的双手因患关节炎而扭曲变形。
3. The fingers were gnarled, lumpy, with long, curving nails suggestive of animal claws
   手指粗糙，关节突出，指甲又长又弯，让人想起动物的爪子。
4. There are men and women, too, all gnarled and bent out of shape.
   穷街陋巷中也聚居着为数众多的男人和女人，他们全都因过度劳作而扭曲了身形。
5. What then, you may ask, is a gnarled walker?
   那么，你也许会问了，多节行者是什么？
6. Archie held the lamp low over the bed to give light and one of his gnarled fingers was on Ashley's wrist.
   阿尔奇在床边低低地举着灯照亮，同时用一个骨节肿大的手指放在艾希礼的手腕子上。
7. Huge, gnarled peasant's hand.
   农民巨大、粗糙的双手。
8. Its gnarled roots twisted in and out of the earth like a nest of slow brown serpents, and hundreds of old copper pennies had been nailed to its huge trunk.
   扭曲的树根盘根错节的穿过土壤，在地面周围形成一个宛若缓慢游动的大蛇般的巢穴，上百枚古老的铜钱被嵌入到粗大的树干里。
9. I hoped to find a guide who could bring me safely into the Festering Wood and back, for I had come to see for myself the strange creatures that are the "gnarled walkers".
   我希望能有一个向导能够安全的把我带进溃烂森林（FesteringWood）而后再出来，因为我知道那里面有着一种奇特的生物，多节行者。
10. Pale clerks, laborers with stiff, gnarled hands, old fishermen, and young mechanics;
    有脸色苍白的职员，双手僵直粗糙的劳工；上了年纪的渔民和年轻的技工；
11. Although few have ever heard of Eta Carinae, if things go wrong horribly wrong it could be the final, gasping words spilling from the gnarled lips of the last dying humans on Earth.
    虽然很少人曾听说过的船底座伊塔星，如果出了问题-可怕地错误的-它可能是地球上最后死亡人类出自粗糙嘴唇的最终、气喘的字。
12. Sailor as he was, it was easy enough for him to clamber up the gnarled trunk.
    他虽说是个水手，攀上这扭曲的树干，倒还容易。
13. The strange phenomenon of gnarled old trees with coins embedded all over their bark has been spotted on trails from the Peak District to the Scottish Highlands.
    从英国皮克区到苏格兰高地，粗糙的老树干的外皮上嵌满了硬币，这种情况十分奇特。
14. The wind has gnarled this old tree.
    大风扭坏了这棵老树。
15. Large 3-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridgedged; an important timber tree.
    美国东南一种大型的三针松树，针叶长，树枝多瘤弯曲；深深的脊状纹树皮呈红褐色；重要的木材。
16. A pecan tree can live for300 years and when they're old and gnarled, they can still bear fruit.
    今天是核桃树节，核桃树能活300年，老了之后还能结果。
17. The appreciation of the gnarled roots of an oak tree, sometimes used as stools in a-rich man's studio, is based on the same idea.
    艺术家对于盘曲的橡树根（富翁的书室里有时用之以为坐凳）的欣赏，也是根据这个观念。
18. A gnarled old tramp lay curled up on apark bench.
    一个饱经风霜的老年流浪汉蜷曲在公园的椅子上。
19. The Dark World is sort of a negative image of Light World, with gnarled trees, twisted creatures, and deviously degenerate dungeons.
    暗黑世界是光明世界的负面景象，有光秃的树木，奇异的生物和曲折诡异的地牢。
20. China is a land of opposites-ancient pagodas and Buddhist temples mingled with steel high-rises and gnarled expressways.
    中国是两极共生之地&千年宝塔、古刹与钢筋大楼、纵横交错的高速公路相呼应。
21. The old orc had a look of peace and fulfillment upon his gnarled face.
    老兽人粗糙的脸上显出平和和满足的样子。
22. Wisteria plants can reach a considerable age, developing thick, gnarled stems.
    紫藤植物有很长的寿命，茎粗而多节瘤。
23. The bent and gnarled bodies of spruce and fir trees tell the story of hard summers and harder winters near the mountain tops.
    在临近山顶的地方，无数扭曲的云杉和松树诉说着这里严酷的冬夏。
24. An old, old ivy vine, gnarled and decayed at the roots, climbed half-way up the brick wall.
    一条很老的、多结巴的、根已经腐朽的常青藤爬上了砖墙的中部。
25. Your hands are so gnarled from gripping the controller, you can not even tie your shoes.
    大游戏大的太久了，手都长茧子了，你连鞋带都系不上。
26. Two stunted apple trees raised their gnarled and knotty branches on either side of the wicket gate.
    边门两旁，是两株瘦小的苹果树那多节的桠枝。
27. Through their thick, diamond-shaped panes of yellow glass Jaime glimpsed the gnarled limbs of the tree from which the castle took its name.
    透过镶嵌着厚厚的黄色玻璃的菱形窗格，詹姆瞥见了那棵大树遒劲的树枝，正是这些树枝赋予了这座城堡现在的名字。
28. The olive trees are old and gnarled.
    那里的橄榄树老而多节。
29. At the same time, he raises his gnarled right hand from the ground, murmuring to beg.
    同时，他从地面提起他粗糙的右手，低声恳求。
30. The old man drew a long gnarled finger across his throat.
    那老人将一只长而粗糙的手指划过他的喉咙。

adj

1. used of old persons or old trees
   1. gnarled and knotted hands
   2. a knobbed stick

   Synonym:    gnarlyknottedknottyknobbed