释义 |
tangled, ppl. a.|ˈtæŋg(ə)ld| [f. tangle v.1 + -ed1.] Interlaced or intertwined in a complicated and confused manner; matted, mixed up confusedly; fig. complicated, intricate.
1590Shakes. Mids. N. v. i. 125 His speech was like a tangled chaine: nothing impaired, but all disordered. 1634Milton Comus 181 The blind mazes of this tangl'd Wood. a1717Parnell Health 45, I lead where Stags thro' tangled Thickets tread. 1750Shenstone Rural Elegance 204 The tangled vetch's purple bloom. 1808Scott Marm. vi. xvii, Oh what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive! 1874M. Creighton Hist. Ess. i. (1902) 20 The tangled thread of Italian politics. |