tangle

[US]/ˈtæŋɡl/
[UK]/ˈtæŋɡl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 乱糟糟的一堆, 混乱
vt. & vi. (使)缠结, (使)乱作一团
Word Forms
过去式tangled
第三人称单数tangles
过去分词tangled
复数tangles
现在分词tangling

Phrases & Collocations

tangled hair

纠缠的头发

tangle of wires

一团乱线

tangled mess

纠结的混乱

untangle the situation

解决困境

tangled web

错综复杂的情况

tangle with

与…吵架,争吵;与…争论;与…有纠葛

Example Sentences

a tangle with sb.

与某人争执

an inextricable tangle of threads.

解不开纠缠的线结

a tangle of golden hair.

一团缠结在一起的金发。

a dense tangle of spinney

一片密密匝匝的灌木林

tangled with the law.

卷进法律纠纷

to free tangled ropes

解开纠缠在一起的绳索

a tangled mass of hair

一团乱发

Your hair looks a bit tangled.

你的头发看起来有点乱。

The legal tangle was never really unravelled.

这起法律纠葛从来没有真正解决。

he found the snake pretzeled into a tangle of knots.

他看见那条蛇盘成一团。

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。

tangled by his own duplicity;

为他自己的骗局所困挠;

The wind tangled her hair.

风吹乱了她的头发。

A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth.

乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。

her blonde hair was a mass of tangled curls.

她的金发卷曲杂乱。

what a tangled web we weave when we first practise to deceive.

我们最初行骗时织了张多么复杂的网啊!。

sleep ravelled out the tangles of his mind.

睡眠使他紊乱的思绪恢复了平静。

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