labyrinth

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A complicated irregular network of passages or paths, especially underground or covered, in which it is difficult to find one's way.
2. isim A maze formed by paths separated by high hedges.
3. isim A structure similar to a maze, but containing only one path with no branches, as distinguished from a maze which contains multiple branching paths
4. isim Anything complicated and confusing in structure, arrangement, or character.

   “Whitney is absorbed especially by Dublin's unglamorous interstitial zones: the new housing estates and labyrinths of roads, watercourses and railways where the city peters into its commuter belt.”

5. isim A complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance, consisting of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth).
6. isim An accessory respiratory organ of certain fish.
7. isim Any of various satyrine butterflies of the genus Neope.
8. fiil To enclose in a labyrinth, or as though in a labyrinth.
9. fiil To arrange in the form of a labyrinth.

   “It is said to have been labyrinthed by secret exits and cunning contrivances to facilitate the escape of fugitives from the law.”

10. fiil To twist and wind, following a labyrinthine path.

    “We labyrinthed through it, meeting scores of panty-clad and moccasined Indians and barefoot women and girls toiling marketward under atrocious burdens; for the day was Sunday.”

11. fiil To become lost and confused, as if in a labyrinth.

    “They arrive at their different destinations long before day, and make their attack about day-break, and seldom fail to kill or make prisoners of the whole family, as the people know nothing of the matter until they are thus labyrinthed.”