盘根错节的英文：
[Literal] twisted roots and intricate gnarls

参考例句：

A tangled skein of problems
盘根错节的一堆难题

With twisting roots and intercrossing branches
盘根错节

(of conditions)complex and difficult;(of trees)with twisting roots and intercrossing branches;entangled
盘根错节

Trees, undergrowth and creepers intertwined, blocking our way.
树木、灌木丛与藤蔓植物盘根错节，挡住了我们的去路。

He delights to worry out knotty points in English.
他以绞尽脑汁来解决盘根错节般的项语问题为乐。

Then, for more than an hour, he wandered with erring feet through the tangled undergrowth.
他高一脚低一脚地在盘根错节的下层树丛中转了一个多小时。

Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.——William Congrave
音乐有魔力去慰抚那凶悍的胸怀，软化岩石，或者扭折那盘根错节的橡树。——康格里夫

literal是什么意思：
adj. 照字面的，逐字的；文字的；平实的，无夸张的

the literal meaning of ponder is

It was almost literally an echo , in fact.
差不多就是真正的“回声”。

This sentence can not be literally rendered.
这个句子不能直译。

twisted是什么意思：
adj. 扭曲的；变态的
v. twist的过去式和过去分词

twist suddenly so as to sprain.
突然的扭曲以致扭伤。

He twist his wrist.
他扭伤了他的手腕。

a twist in one's nature
怪癖，拗脾气

roots是什么意思：
n. 根；根源；根基；词根；祖先
v. 生根；根源在于，来源于

nematode damage to the soybean roots is characterized by coarse roots
线虫破坏大豆根系的特征是:根系粗糙。

These plants have very deep roots.
这些植物的根长得很深。

Hope is the root of hopeful.
hope是hopeful的词根。