convoluted
(a.)旋繞的;迴旋狀的
con·vo·lut·ed /-ˌlutəd/ 形容詞
(拉convolutus)捲曲的,席捲的(指個葉卷迭式),旋轉的(指多葉或花捲迭式)
Con·vo·lu·ted a.
1. Having convolutions.
beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn. --Pennant.
2. Folded in tortuous windings.
A highly convoluted brain. --North Amer. Rev.
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convoluted
adj 1: rolled or coiled together; "a convoluted shell"
2: highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure";
"convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning";
"intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined
phraseology"; "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" [syn: Byzantine, intricate, involved, knotty,
labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous]