maze
US: /ˈmeɪz/
UK: /mˈeɪz/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
maze /meiz/- danh từ
- cung mê; đường rồi
- (nghĩa bóng) trạng thái hỗn độn, trạng thái rối rắm
- to be in a maze: ở trong một trạng thái rối rắm
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 a system of paths separated by walls or HEDGES built in a park or garden, that is designed so that it is difficult to find your way through: We got lost in the maze. + (figurative) The building is a maze of corridors. + The old city is a delightful maze for the modern tourist.
Compare: LABYRINTH
2 [usually sing.] a large number of complicated rules or details that are difficult to understand: Many applicants for the grant are put off by the maze of regulations and conditions. + a maze of regulations
3 (AmE) a printed PUZZLE in which you have to draw a line that shows a way through a complicated pattern of lines
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
labyrinth, complex, intricacy, twistings and turnings, convolutions:
His application has been lost in the maze of bureaucratic bungling.
Collocation
ADJ.
complex, intricate, tortuous
VERB + MAZE
be/get lost in | find your way through
He found his way through the complex maze of corridors.
PREP.
in a/the ~, through a/the ~
I followed him through a maze of narrow alleys.
| ~ of
I was lost in a maze of passages.
Concise dictionary
mazes|mazed|mazingmeɪznoun
+complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
+something jumbled or confused
