1. Of the knotted fingers, the gnarled excrescences, the aged grief and mistrust—nothing was to be seen. 无论是弯曲多节的指头，无论是伤痕，无论是昔日的怀疑和哀愁，都看不见了。
2. A great many old people came and knelt around us and prayed, old women with jet-black faces and braided hair, old men with work-gnarled hands. 这里有许多老人有面庞黝黑辫着发辫的老妇人，有双手因劳作而关节如同木结的老头儿，都过来跪在我们周围祈祷。
3. There can be no doubt that these olive trees, with their hollow, gnarled trunks date back considerably. Neither history nor botany, however, can throw sure light on their origin. 这些橄榄树，从它们凹陷变空且多节的树干，无庸置疑必经历相当的岁月了。无论如何，对于它们的来历，既非历史也非植物学上所能说明的，而能投以肯定与确信。
英英解释
adj.
1. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
