rat's nest

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

rat's nests 复数 rat's nests

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something that is excessively complicated, entangled, or disorderly (either physically or metaphorically).

    习语

    rat's nest of a wiring harness

  2. 2.

    Something that is excessively complicated, entangled, or disorderly (either physically or metaphorically).

    A software or hardware system whose design lacks organized structure, making it difficult to understand and maintain.

    习语 计算机 工程 数学

    2016 July 2, veryatlantic, "Saturday, July 2, 2016: Addendum," Tales From The Trailer Court™ (retrieved 2 March 2017):

    Think of libraries as the way the sub-idiots who like C code hide all the rat's-nest programming they don't want you to see.