extremely complicated and difficult to follow 错综复杂的；晦涩难懂的 a convoluted argument/explanation 晦涩费解的论证／阐述 a book with a convoluted plot 情节错综复杂的书 I had to negotiate an amazingly convoluted one-way system. 我不得不协商一个令人惊讶的复杂的单向系统。
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having many twists or curves 盘绕的；弯曲的 a convoluted coastline 蜿蜒的海岸线
Word Originlate 18th cent.: past participle of convolute, from Latin convolutus, past participle of convolvere ‘roll together, intertwine’, from con- ‘together’ + volvere ‘roll’.