"knotted and rugged," c. 1600, from gnarl (see gnarled) + -y (2). Picked up 1970s as surfer slang to describe a dangerous wave; it had spread to teen slang by 1982, where it meant both "excellent" and "disgusting."
雙語例句
1. Wow, man! That's totally gnarly!
哇,老兄,那真是太好了!
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. EXAMPLE : My little brother paid a lot for his gnarly new snowboard.
我弟弟花了很多錢買了一副高級滑雪板.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. There, he ran into a gnarly old lady.
他在那里遇到一位滿臉皺成一團(tuán)的老婆婆.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. I see conundrums, dilemmas , quandaries , impasses, gnarly thickets of fateful possibility with no obvious way out.