intricacy

英語

詞源

源自intricate +‎ -acy。

名詞

intricacy (可數和不可數，複數 intricacies)

1. 错综复杂，纷乱

   the intricacy of a knot

   绳结的复杂

   the intricacy of accounts

   表述的纷乱

   the intricacy of a cause in controversy

   争议原因的复杂性

   近義詞：involution, complication, complexity

2. 错综复杂的东西

   There are many intricacies in the plot of this novel.

   这篇小说的情节十分错综复杂。

參考資料

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “intricacy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “intricacy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.