From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Outdoor, Other gamesldoce_220_cmazemaze /meɪz/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる noun [countable]1
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CONFUSEDa complicated and confusingarrangement of streets, roads etcmaze of streets/paths/tunnels etcthe maze of narrow streetsI was led through a maze of corridors.2COMPLICATEDa large number of rules, instructions etc which are complicated and difficult to understandmaze of rules/regulations etca maze of new laws3DLOa specially designed system of paths, often in a park or public garden, which is difficult to find your way throughWe got completely lost in the maze.the famous Hampton Court maze4DGOa children’s game, played on paper, in which you try to draw a line through a complicated group of lines without crossing any of themExamples from the Corpusmaze• Street selling has always centered in the downtown historicdistrict, a maze of narrow streets and crumbling colonialbuildings.• Tolman placed three groups of rats in a maze.• We went on a tour of the ancientmanuscripts, the antiquemazes.• Its importance in enabling people to use lawyers to guide them through the baffling maze of legal rules is self-evident.• The answer probably lies in the complexmaze of hype, distribution and luck which makes up today's rockbiz.• Playerssearch for the princess by uncoveringclues, solvingpuzzles and navigating a medievalmaze.• You must learn to find your way through the menumaze before you can use the program efficiently.• They had pursued it through the maze of backstreets until unaccountably losing it in a cul-de-sac.maze of streets/paths/tunnels etc• A maze of paths with uniquewoodenseats and bridges enables the weathered and moss-covered rocks to be seen at their best.• Then some one pointed out the inadequateaccess to the site through the maze of streets.• It would be easy to get the escapees along this maze of tunnels and out into the yard.Originmaze(1200-1300)maze"to confuse"((13-19 centuries)), probably from unrecorded Old Englishmasian