英语词汇“labyrinthic”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

labyrinth /labˈ(i-)rinth/

noun

Orig a building with intricate passages

An arrangement of tortuous paths or alleys (usu between hedges) in which it is difficult to find the way out

A maze

A tangle of intricate ways and connections

A perplexity

The cavities of the internal ear (anatomy)

A loudspeaker enclosure whose function is to absorb certain unwanted sound waves

ORIGIN: Gr labyrinthos, perh connected with labrys the double-axe; see labrys

labyrinthˈal, labyrinthˈian, labyrinthˈic, labyrinthˈical or labyrinthˈine /-īn or -in/ adjective

labyrinthīˈtis noun (medicine)

Inflammation of the inner ear

labyrinthˈodont noun

(Gr odous, odontos tooth) an extinct stegocephalian amphibian of Carboniferous, Permian, and esp Triassic times, so called from the mazy pattern of a section of the teeth in some (also adjective)

labyrinth fish noun

A freshwater fish of Asia and Africa with a labyrinthine organ on its head enabling it to breathe through the surface of its body