maze
n
(usu sing 通常作单数)
1 network of paths or hedges designed as a puzzle in which one must find one's way 迷宫; 迷魂阵
We got lost in Hampton Court maze. 我们在汉普顿科特迷宫里迷了路. =>illus 见插图
(fig 比喻) A maze of narrow alleys leads down to the sea. 迂回曲折的小径通往海边.
2 confused collection or complicated mass (of facts, etc) (事情等的)错综, 复杂
finding one's way through the maze of rules and regulations 在纷繁的规则和条例中寻找出路. Cf 参看 labyrinth.
After switching on powerful arc lights, they saw great stalagmites -- some of them over forty feet high -- rising up like tree-trunks to meet the stalactites suspended from the roof.