gnarly

英語

A gnarly (sense 1) barn door in the village of Silkstone in South Yorkshire, England, UK

詞源

gnarl (「木結」) +‎ -y。俚語義在20世紀70年代在美國衝浪文化的影響下普及開來。

發音

• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈnɑːli/
• (通用美式) 英語發音：närʹli、國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈnɑɹli/

• （澳洲）音頻：

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• 韻部：-ɑː(ɹ)li

形容詞

gnarly (比較級 gnarlier，最高級 gnarliest)

1. 多瘤的，多木結的
   • 1892 January, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall Paper, Boston, Mass.: Small, Maynard & Company, 出版於 1901, →OCLC，頁號 13:

     Out of one window I can see the garden, those mysterious deep-shaded arbors, the riotous old-fashioned flowers, and bushes and gnarly trees.

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2. (俚語) 極佳的，很棒的，吸引人的
   • 2000 1月 16, Sunday Herald, Glasgow:

     There ain't nothing gnarlier (apparently) than slapping on some brightly coloured sunblock to ward off the blinding spectre of dangerous, snow-reflected sunlight.

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3. (俚語，美國) 危險的，困難的

   a gnarly problem

   棘手的問題

   • 1977 March, Surfer:

     When the swell struck, the North Shore got gnarly, and the wise ones hit the outer islands where the energy was just as juicy but a bit more organized.

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   • 2008, [Avram] Joel Spolsky, More Joel on Software: Further Thoughts on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters that will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and Managers, and to Those who, whether by Good Fortune or Ill Luck, Work with Them in Some Capacity, Berkeley, Calif.: Apress, →ISBN，頁號 152:

     Work that makes you unhappy is what I mean by "a gnarly problem." The trouble is, the market pays for solutions to gnarly problems, not solutions to easy problems. As the Yorkshire lads say, "Where there's muck, there's brass."

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4. (俚語，美國) 差勁的，討厭的，難看的
   • 1981, Dan Jenkins, Baja Oklahoma, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum Books, ISBN 978-0-689-11173-0; reprinted New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, 1982, ISBN 978-0-671-45163-9, page 269:

     We're not talking about a lame chick and a gnarly guy. We're talking about a couple of far-out dudes.

   • 2014 February, Retro Studios, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Nintendo，關卡/區域：Funky's Fly 'n' Buy:

     Funky Kong: 'Those Snowmads are a gnarly bunch! I hear they're enjoyin' your island. Go get 'em, DK!'

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   1. (俚語，美國) 刺耳的，難聽的
      • 1986 10月 12, Los Angeles Times:

        [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.

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用法說明

該詞有兩個互相矛盾的義項。它的詞義因使用人群和上下文而不同，且可能由用詞外的因素決定，比如語調。「很棒的」一意尤其與衝浪文化有聯繫，甚至到有點老套的程度，比如「gnarly wave, dude!」。

近義詞

• (多木結)： gnarled, knobbly, knobby
• (俚語：很棒)： cool
• (俚語，美國：差勁)： awful, dreadful, nasty
• (俚語：刺耳)： discordant, harsh