maze
n.(名词)
An intricate, usually confusing network of interconnecting pathways, as in a garden; a labyrinth.曲径,迷津:花园中彼此相连的道路的错综的、使人迷惑的网络;曲径A physical situation in which it is easy to get lost:混乱,迷惑:很容易迷失的状况:例句:a maze of bureaucratic divisions.混乱的官僚派系
A graphic puzzle, the solution of which is an uninterrupted path through an intricate pattern of line segments from a starting point to a goal.迷宫:一种图谜,其答案是从起点出发到达终点的通过复杂图案的不间断道路Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle:纷乱,错综复杂:由许多混乱的因素组成的事物;杂乱:例句:a maze of government regulations.纷乱的政府条例
v.tr.(及物动词)mazed,maz.ing,maz.es 【多用于美国南部】 To bewilder or astonish.使迷惑或使吃惊To stupefy; daze.See Regional Note at possum 使迷惑;使迷乱参见 possum
来源:Middle English mase [confusion, maze] 中古英语 mase [迷惑,混乱] from masen [to confuse, daze] 源自 masen [使迷惑,使迷乱] from Old English 3masian [to confound] 源自 古英语 3masian [使混淆]