Daedalian

a. 巧妙的

发音

其它 /dɪˈdeɪliən/

词形变化

more Daedalian 比较级 most Daedalian 最高级

别名

Daedalean Dedalian

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Ingeniously or cunningly designed; artistic, ingenious, intricate, skillful.

    1812, Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations volume 1, book 2, chapter 2, page 484, published in London by Cadell and Davies "The commerce and industry of the country, ... cannot be altogether so secure when they are thus, as it were, suspended upon the Daedalian wings of paper money as when they travel about upon the solid ground of gold and silver"

  2. 2.

    Difficult to comprehend due to complexity or intricacy.

  3. 3.

    Deceitful, duplicitous.

词源

From Daedalus + -ian.

来源:wiktionary