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tangle

tangle
[英] [ˈtæŋɡl] [美] [ˈtæŋɡəl] 生词本

n.

vt.& vi.

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1. N-COUNT 缠结;纠结;乱糟糟的一团 A tangle of something is a mass of it twisted together in an untidy way. 

  • A tangle of wires is all that remains of the computer and phone systems...

    原来的计算机和电话系统如今只剩下乱糟糟的一团电线。

  • There he stood: hair in wild tangles, dark stubble shadowing his chin.

    他站在那儿，头发乱成一团，下巴上一片黑胡茬。

2. V-ERG (使)缠绕;(使)缠结 If something is tangled or tangles, it becomes twisted together in an untidy way. 

  • Animals get tangled in fishing nets and drown...

    动物被缠进渔网里淹死了。

  • She tried to kick the pajamas loose, but they were tangled in the satin sheet...

    她想把睡衣踢脱，可是它却和缎子床单绞到了一块。

  • Lee and I fell in a tangled heap...

    李和我扭作一团，摔倒在地。

3. N-SING 混乱;纷乱;乱成一团 You can refer to a confusing or complicated situation as a tangle . 

  • I was thinking what a tangle we had got ourselves into.

    我在想，我们卷入了怎样的纷争之中。

  • ...the tangle of domestic politics.

    国内政局的错综复杂

4. VERB (思想、局势变得)纷乱，混乱 If ideas or situations are tangled, they become confused and complicated. 

  • The themes get tangled in Mr. Mahfouz's epic storytelling...

    马赫福兹先生讲述的故事过于宏大，主题有些混乱了。

  • You are currently in a muddle where financial and emotional concerns are tangled together.

    你眼下头脑不清了，对于金钱和感情的忧虑交织在了一起。

tangled

  • His personal life has become more tangled than ever.

    他的个人生活比以前更混乱了。

5.   a tangled web→see: web; 
tangled up

  • For many days now Buddy and Joe had appeared to be more and more tangled up in secrets.

    这些天巴迪和乔好像变得越来越神神秘秘。

相关词组：
tangle up  tangle with 
Noun

1. a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven;

  • "they carved their way through the tangle of vines"

2. something jumbled or confused;

  • "a tangle of government regulations"
Verb

1. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action;

  • "They were swept up by the events"
  • "don't drag me into this business"

2. tangle or complicate;

  • "a ravelled story"

3. disarrange or rumple; dishevel;

  • "The strong wind tousled my hair"

4. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass;

  • "The child entangled the cord"

医学

  • 1.①昆布：同laminaria；②杂乱，缠结

法律

  • 1.涉及
1. His hair is all in a tangle.
他的头发乱成一团。

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2. His mind was in a tangle.
他的思想陷于困惑之中。

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3. I shouldn't tangle with Peter,he is bigger than me.
我不应该与彼特吵架，他的块头比我大。

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4. The legal tangle was never really unravelled.
这起法律纠葛从来没有真正解决。

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5. We employed a lawyer to straighten our legal tangle.
我们雇了一位律师把法律纠纷理出头绪。

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