Gnarl

(verb.) twist into a state of deformity; 'The wind has gnarled this old tree'.

整理:罗德尼

• The palish, gnarled trunks showed ghostly, and like old priests in the hovering distance, the fern rose magical and mysterious. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The very oldest of the trees, gnarled mighty oaks, crowd about the brink of this dell. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Gnarled and twisted trees spring from the old walls every where, and beautify and overshadow the gray battlements with a wild luxuriance of foliage. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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