knottiest
adj. (指木材)多结节的( knotty的最高级 ); 多节瘤的; 困难的; 棘手的
A knotty problem is complicated and difficult to solve.
The new management team faces some knotty problems.
新的管理团队面临一些棘手的问题。
Knotty wood has a lot of small hard areas on it where branches once grew.
...the knotty trunk of a hawthorn tree.
多节的山楂树干
Unemployment, being the knottiest issue of all, has been relegated for now to the back burner.
失业是最棘手的问题, 暂时已搁置起来, 以后再议.