at a rate of knots

(Brit. informal)very fast

(英，非正式)飛快地

get knotted

(Brit. informal)used to express contemptuous rejection of someone

(英，非正式)（用于對某人的輕蔑拒絕）被纏上了

tie someone (up) in knots

(informal)make someone completely confused

(非正式)使困惑

they &B{tied themselves in knots} over what to call the country.

他們很困惑不知如何稱呼該國。

tie the knot

(informal)get married

(非正式)結(jié)婚