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, 吵架,争论
n.海藻类

例句与用法:

Her hair got all tangled up in the barbed wire fence.

她的头发被刺钢丝篱笆给挂住了。

The wool got in a fearful tangle.

毛线乱成了一团。

The wind tangled her hair.

风吹乱了她的头发。

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 |

详细释义:

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。


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!