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单词 convoluted
释义
Convoluted
vverb.contactcurl, wind, or twist together
Synset:convolute convolve
Derivationally Related Form:convolution
Hypernyms:bend deform flex turn twist
Inherited Hypernyms:convolveflexchange shapechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationpractice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
Synset:convolute pervert sophisticate twist twist around
Examples:
  • Don't twist my words
Derivationally Related Form:twisttwistingsophistication
Hypernyms:denote refer
Inherited Hypernyms:twistdenotemean
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allrolled longitudinally upon itself
Topic:botanyphytology
Synset:convolute
Examples:
  • a convolute petal
Antonyms:uncoiled
Inherited Hypernyms:convolute
Similar to:coiled
adj satadj.allhighly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
Synset:Byzantine involved knotty tangled tortuous
Examples:
  • the Byzantine tax structure
  • Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship
  • convoluted legal language
  • convoluted reasoning
  • 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
Antonyms:simple
Derivationally Related Form:knottinesstortuousness
Inherited Hypernyms:byzantine
Similar to:complex
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