"knotted and rugged," c. 1600, from gnarl (see gnarled) + -y (2). Picked up 1970s as surfer slang to describe a dangerous wave; it had spread to teen slang by 1982, where it meant both "excellent" and "disgusting."
实用例句
1. Wow, man! That's totally gnarly!
哇，老兄，那真是太好了！来自《权威词典》
2. EXAMPLE : My little brother paid a lot for his gnarly new snowboard.
我弟弟花了很多钱买了一副高级滑雪板.来自互联网
3. There, he ran into a gnarly old lady.
他在那里遇到一位满脸皱成一团的老婆婆.来自互联网
4. I see conundrums, dilemmas , quandaries , impasses, gnarly thickets of fateful possibility with no obvious way out.
