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tangle 音标拼音: [t'æŋgəl] n. 缠结,纠缠,困惑,纠纷,混乱
vt. 使缠结,使纠缠 vi. 缠结,被纠缠 缠结,纠缠,困惑,纠纷,混乱使缠结,使纠缠缠结,被纠缠 tangle n 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" [synonym: {tangle}, {snarl}, {maze}] v 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" [synonym: {embroil}, {tangle}, {sweep}, {sweep up}, {drag}, {drag in}] 2: tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" [synonym: {ravel}, {tangle}, {knot}] [ant: {ravel}, {ravel out}, {unknot}, {unpick}, {unravel}, {unscramble}, {untangle}] 3: disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair" [synonym: {tousle}, {dishevel}, {tangle}] 4: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" [synonym: {entangle}, {tangle}, {mat}, {snarl}] [ant: {disentangle}, {straighten out}, {unsnarl}] Tangle \Tan"gle\, v. i. To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle. [1913 Webster] Tangle \Tan"gle\, n. 1. [Cf. Icel. [thorn]["o]ngull. See {Tang} seaweed.] (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the {Laminaria saccharina}. See {Kelp}. [1913 Webster] Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the palms of the ocean. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster] 2. [From {Tangle}, v.] A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively. [1913 Webster] 3. pl. An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea. [1913 Webster] {Blue tangle}. (Bot.)See {Dangleberry}. {Tangle picker} (Zool.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] Tangle \Tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tangling}.] [A frequentative fr. tang seaweed; hence, to twist like seaweed. See {Tang} seaweed, and cf. {Tangle}, n.] 1. To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel. [1913 Webster] 2. To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies. "Tangled in amorous nets." --Milton. [1913 Webster] When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways. --Crashaw. [1913 Webster] 159 Moby Thesaurus words for "tangle":
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