gnarly

英语

A gnarly (sense 1) barn door in the village of Silkstone in South Yorkshire, England, UK

词源

gnarl (“木结”) +‎ -y。俚语义在20世纪70年代在美国冲浪文化的影响下普及开来。

发音

• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈnɑːli/
• (通用美式) 英語發音：närʹli、國際音標^(幫助): /ˈnɑɹli/

• （澳洲）音频：

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• 韻部：-ɑː(ɹ)li

形容词

gnarly (比較級 gnarlier，最高級 gnarliest)

1. 多瘤的，多木结的
   • 1892 January, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall Paper, Boston, Mass.: Small, Maynard & Company, 出版於 1901, →OCLC，第 13 頁:

     Out of one window I can see the garden, those mysterious deep-shaded arbors, the riotous old-fashioned flowers, and bushes and gnarly trees.

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2. (俚語) 极佳的，很棒的，吸引人的
   • 2000年1月16日, Sunday Herald, Glasgow:

     There ain't nothing gnarlier (apparently) than slapping on some brightly coloured sunblock to ward off the blinding spectre of dangerous, snow-reflected sunlight.

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3. (俚語，美國) 危险的，困难的

   a gnarly problem

   棘手的问题

   • 1977 March, Surfer:

     When the swell struck, the North Shore got gnarly, and the wise ones hit the outer islands where the energy was just as juicy but a bit more organized.

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   • 2008, [Avram] Joel Spolsky, More Joel on Software: Further Thoughts on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters that will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and Managers, and to Those who, whether by Good Fortune or Ill Luck, Work with Them in Some Capacity, Berkeley, Calif.: Apress, →ISBN，第 152 頁:

     Work that makes you unhappy is what I mean by "a gnarly problem." The trouble is, the market pays for solutions to gnarly problems, not solutions to easy problems. As the Yorkshire lads say, "Where there's muck, there's brass."

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4. (俚語，美國) 差劲的，讨厌的，难看的
   • 1981, Dan Jenkins, Baja Oklahoma, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum Books, ISBN 978-0-689-11173-0; reprinted New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, 1982, ISBN 978-0-671-45163-9, page 269:

     We're not talking about a lame chick and a gnarly guy. We're talking about a couple of far-out dudes.

   • 2014 February, Retro Studios, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Nintendo，關卡/區域：Funky's Fly 'n' Buy:

     Funky Kong: 'Those Snowmads are a gnarly bunch! I hear they're enjoyin' your island. Go get 'em, DK!'

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   1. (俚語，美國) 刺耳的，难听的
      • 1986年10月12日, Los Angeles Times:

        [She] displays the same love of gnarly fuzztones and shout-it-out-loud choruses that began back in her daze^[sic] with local all-girl rockers the Runaways.

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用法说明

该词有两个互相矛盾的义项。它的词义因使用人群和上下文而不同，且可能由用词外的因素决定，比如语调。“很棒的”一意尤其与冲浪文化有联系，甚至到有点老套的程度，比如“gnarly wave, dude!”。

近义词

• (多木结)： gnarled, knobbly, knobby
• (俚语：很棒)： cool
• (俚语，美国：差劲)： awful, dreadful, nasty
• (俚语：刺耳)： discordant, harsh