tangle

['tæŋgl]

n.缠结, 混乱, 纠纷
vt.使缠结, 使混乱, 使陷入
vi.纠缠, 乱作一团, <口>吵架,争论
n.海藻类

vt.

1. 使纠结, 使纠缠[(+up)]

The little girl tangled the yarn her mother was knitting.

小女孩把她妈妈在编结的毛线弄得纠结在一起了。

2. 使卷入; 使陷入[H]

Do you know how he got tangled in the quarrel?

你知道他是怎么卷入争吵的吗?

3. 使混乱; 使困惑

The power failure had tangled traffic in the city.

断电使该城的交通陷入混乱。

vi.

1. 纠结, 缠结

Long hair tangles easily.

长发容易缠结。

2. 乱作一团

3. 【口】吵架, 争论[(+with)]

If I were you, I wouldn't tangle with them.

我要是你, 我就不跟他们争吵。

n.[C]

1. 纠结; 纷乱; 混乱

Her thoughts were in a tangle.

她的思想陷入混乱之中。

2. 乱糟糟的一团[S][(+of)]

There is a tangle of ropes on the deck.

甲板上有一团乱绳。

3. 【口】纠纷, 口角[(+with)]

The boys got into a tangle over the rules of the game.

男孩子们在比赛规则上发生了争吵。

词形变化

形容词: tangly | 动词过去式: tangled | 动词过去分词: tangled | 动词现在分词: tangling | 动词第三人称单数: tangles |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.使缠结; 使卷入

twist  confuse  mess  complicate  knot  involve  snarl  

同义参见:

embarrass  disrupt  disorder  maze  labyrinth  jungle  web  snarl  

反义:

vt.vi.(使)纠结

disentangle  untangle  

英英释义

名词 tangle:

a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven

something jumbled or confused

同义词：snarl, maze

动词 tangle:

force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

同义词：embroil, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in

tangle or complicate

同义词：ravel, knot

disarrange or rumple; dishevel

同义词：tousle, dishevel

twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

同义词：entangle, mat, snarl

短语词组

in a tangle

1. 混乱; 困惑

Her mind was then in a tangle.

她的思想当时是一片混乱。

tangle with

1. 与……发生缠结

You shouldn't tangle with him -- he's much stronger than you!

你不应与他发生纠缠。他比你强壮得多!

补充

tangletangle英:[ˈtæŋɡl] 美:[ˈtæŋɡəl]n.1.乱糟糟的一堆, 混乱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。vt. & vi.1.(使)缠结, (使)乱作一团Long hair tangles easily.长头发容易打结。The wind tangled her hair.风吹乱了她的头发。

例句

1. 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。 2. 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。 3. My tax affairs were in a complete tangle.我的税务状况一塌糊涂。 4. She tried to kick the pajamas loose, but they were tangled in the satin sheet.她想把睡衣裤踢着脱下来, 可是它们却和缎子床单绞到了一块。 5. My foot got tangled in the rope.我的脚被绳子缠住了。 6. Animals get tangled in fishing nets and drown.动物被缠进渔网里淹死了。 7. Her hair tends to tangle.她的头发容易缠结在一起。 8. The cat tangled the ball of twine.猫把线团弄乱了。 9. The wind tangled my long hair.风吹乱了我的长发。 10. They were tangled in the labour-management controversy.他们被卷入了劳资纠纷。 11. The bad news tangled my thoughts terribly.这个坏消息使我的思想混乱极了。 12. The threads tangle easily.这线容易缠结。 13. We tangled heatedly over the justice of the war.我们就这场战争的正义性激烈地争了起来。 14. the broom somehow got tangled up in my long skirt.扫帚不知怎么和我的长裙缠在一起了。 15. they usually come a cropper when they tangle with the heavy mobs.他们和大群流氓打架的时候常常以惨败告终。 16. a tangle of golden hair.一团缠结在一起的金发。 17. My hair's full of tangles.我的头发乱七八糟的。 18. The wool was all tangled up.毛线都乱作一团了。 19. Don't tangle the yarn.别让纱线缠作一团。 20. Her foot was tangled (up) in the cord.她的脚被绳子缠住了。 21. He got tangled up in legal problems.他陷入了法律纠纷。 22. This fishing line tangles easily.这条钓鱼线容易缠住。 23. He's not someone I would want to tangle with.我是不会和他那种人争吵的。 24. a tangle of string/vines缠成一团的线/藤 25. She brushed the tangles out of her hair.她把乱成一团的头发梳好。 26. They got caught in a legal/financial tangle.他们陷入了法律/财务纠纷。 27. He got into a tangle with police.他和警察争吵了起来。