2COMPLICATEDa large number of rules, instructions etc which are complicated and difficult to understand 纷繁复杂的事物〔如规则、命令等〕
maze of rules/regulations etc
a maze of new laws
一大堆纷繁复杂的新法规
3DLOa specially designed system of paths, often in a park or public garden, which is difficult to find your way through 〔常指公园中的〕迷宫
We got completely lost in the maze.
我们在迷宫中彻底迷了路。
the famous Hampton Court maze
著名的汉普顿宫迷宫
4.DGOa children’s game, played on paper, in which you try to draw a line through a complicated group of lines without crossing any of them 迷宫〔一种儿童纸上游戏〕
maze of streets/paths/tunnels etc• A maze of paths with uniquewoodenseats and bridges enables the weathered and moss-covered rocks to be seen at their best.• Then some one pointed out the inadequateaccess to the site through the maze of streets.• It would be easy to get the escapees along this maze of tunnels and out into the yard.
Originmaze
(1200-1300)maze“to confuse”((13-19 centuries)), probably from unrecorded Old Englishmasian