gnarly

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈnɑːli/    美 /ˈnɑɹli/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having or characterized by gnarls; gnarled.
    — Out of one window I can see the garden, those mysterious deep-shaded arbors, the riotous old-fashioned flowers, and bushes and gnarly trees.
  2. Excellent; attractive. dated,slang
    — There ain't nothing gnarlier (apparently) than slapping on some brightly coloured sunblock to ward off the blinding spectre of dangerous, snow-reflected sunlight.
  3. Dangerous; difficult. US,dated,slang
    — a gnarly problem
  4. Unpleasant, awful, ugly. US,slang
    — We're not talking about a lame chick and a gnarly guy. We're talking about a couple of far-out dudes.
  5. Unpleasant, awful, ugly.; Of music or a sound: harsh. US,slang
    — [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.

词形变化

gnarlier comparative gnarliest superlative

词汇关系

近义词
cool rad wicked dreadful nasty awful
衍生词
gnarliness gnarlsome

词源

From gnarl (“knot in wood”) + -y. The slang senses were particularly popularized by US surf culture in the 1970s.
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