喜樂美語
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    Describes something — usually a story, explanation, plan, or set of rules — that is so and full of twists and turns that it becomes hard to follow. It can also describe something physically twisted or , though that use is more common in science.

    複雜難懂的、迂迴曲折的

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

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組成From Latin "convolutus": com- (together) + volvere (to roll, to turn) — so it originally meant "rolled up together", and now mostly means "confusingly complicated".

同家族的字

  • revolveshares the Latin root volvere, meaning to roll or turn
  • evolveshares the Latin root volvere, meaning to roll or turn

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

convolutedadj/ˌkɒnvəˈl(j)uːtɪd/

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    anatomybiologymedicineHaving numerous overlapping coils or folds; convolute.

    • [B]y the means of theſe hooks, and Spikes it [a tapeworm in the intestines] might faſten it ſelf, and ſo prevent it's too eaſy ejection out of the body. For it being ſo very long, and large too, and it's body in many places winding, and convoluted, the deſcent of the fæces upon all occaſions would be apt to carry it out with them; had it not this hold, [...]
    • The figure [of the constellation Anguilla] is that of the common eel in that convoluted ſtate in which it is uſually ſeen when in motion.
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    Complex, complicated, or intricate.

    • He gave a convoluted explanation that amounted to little more than a weak excuse for his absence.
    • There is a convoluted cypher which designates the name and titles of the Sultan, contained in a single complicated figure, which is seen on the coins of the empire, and on all public edifices.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。