Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - maze
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Maze
maze
~ n 1 a maze of streets/paths/wires etc a complicated and confusing arrangement of streets etc (the maze of tiny streets in the old part of the city) 2 a maze of rules/regulations/details etc a large number of rules etc which are complicated and difficult to understand 3 a specially designed system of paths, often in a park or public garden, which is difficult to find your way through (We got completely lost in the maze.) 4 a children's game in which you draw a line through a complicated group of lines without crossing any of them
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(mazes) 1. A maze is a complex system of passages or paths between walls or hedges and is designed to confuse people who try to find their way through it, often as a form of amusement. The palace has extensive gardens, a maze, and tennis courts. N-COUNT 2. A maze of streets, rooms, or tunnels is a large number of them that are connected in a complicated way, so that it is difficult to find your way through them. The children lead me through the maze of alleys to the edge of the city. = labyrinth N-COUNT: usu N of n 3. You can refer to a set of ideas, topics, or rules as a maze when a large number of them are related to each other in a complicated way that makes them difficult to understand. The book tries to steer you through the maze of alternative therapies. N-COUNT: usu N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. transitive verb (~d; mazing) Etymology: Middle English Date: 13th century 1. chiefly dialect stupefy, daze 2. bewilder, perplex II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. a confusing intricate network of passages b. something confusingly elaborate or complicated a ~ of regulations 2. chiefly dialect a state of bewilderment • ~like adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a network of paths and hedges designed as a puzzle for those who try to penetrate it. 2 a complex network of paths or passages; a labyrinth. 3 confusion, a confused mass, etc. --v.tr. (esp. as mazed adj.) bewilder, confuse. Derivatives mazy adj. (mazier, maziest). Etymology: ME, orig. as mased (adj.): rel. to AMAZE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. лабиринт a maze of streets —- лабиринт улиц bureaucratic maze —- бюрократическая неразбериха 2. путаница to be in a maze —- быть растерянным (сбитым с толку) she was in a maze —- она не соображала, что происходит; она была в трансе to tread a maze —- запутаться в сложном переплетении (неприятностей и т. п.) 3. бродить по лабиринту (переулков и т. п.) 4. ставить в тупик, сбивать с толку; приводить в замешательство ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) лабиринт 2) путаница 2. v. 1) ставить в тупик, приводить в замешательство 2) бродить по лабиринту ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1300, from M.E. amasen (see amaze). Originally "delusion, bewilderment;" meaning "labyrinth" first recorded c.1386. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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