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单词 knobby
释义 knob·by
I. \ˈnäbē, -bi\ adjective
(usually knobbier usually knobbiest)
Etymology: knob (I) + -y
1.
 a. : having knobs : having several or many knobs : covered with knobs: as
  (1) : having protuberances, projections, or protrusions
   < knobby bones >
   < knobby knees >
   < knobby knuckles >
   : bumpy
   < grinned toothlessly and extended a knobby hand — Dorothy Sayers >
  (2) : having usually rounded land prominences : hilly
   < knobby farmland >
 b. : shaped like or suggestive of a knob
  < little knobby noses — Joseph Conrad >
2.
 a. : involving difficulties : perplexing, intricate, knotty
  < some of the knobby problems of publishing — Harvey Breit >
 b. : resisting compromise or evasion or unequivocal solution : stubbornly unyielding : hard, obstinate
  < prefer to turn away from the knobby facts of life — Time >
II.
variant of nobby
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