汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 犬牙交错
犬牙交错 (犬牙交錯)
interdigitate / interlocking
错 Intersect / The metaphorical boundary line is very tortuous and jagged like a dog's tooth / It also metaphors that the situation is complicated, and the two sides have multiple factors
quǎn jiāo () cuò
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

沿着犬牙交错的岛屿海岸线的无数海湾,形成了天然良港。

Numerous bays along the indented coastline of the islands provide good harbours.

小帆船翻滚起伏在犬牙交错的灰绿色礁石中间的水道里。

The little sailing vessel rolled and swung down the center of the passage between the jagged rows of greengrey rocks .

直到今天,他管理的这片城区上还是堆满了犬牙交错的火山岩石。

Today his land is a pile of jagged volcanic rocks. "We know the mountain will erupt again.

今天的云、贵、川交界地区就整体来讲是一个相对完整的自然、人文地理单元,但是在政区设置上却表现的犬牙交错

Nowadays, the boundary zone among the Yunnan province, Guizhou province and Sichuan province is a comparatively whole unit of the nature and culture, but the territory setup is not such.