Labyrinth



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 迷宫
• ［英］ 迷宫 ( a structure containing an intricate network of winding passages hard to follow without losing one's way)
• ［记］ labyr ( =labour) +inth ( 里面) -> 在里面努力 -> 迷宫

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English laborintus, from Latin labyrinthus, from Greek labyrinthos
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys
  • b. a maze (as in a garden) formed by paths separated by high hedges
• 2. something extremely complex or tortuous in structure, arrangement, or character ; intricacy, perplexity <a labyrinth of swamps and channels><guided them through the labyrinths of city life — Paul Blanshard>
• 3. a tortuous anatomical structure; especially the internal ear or its bony or membranous part

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