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单词 tangle up
释义
tangle up
1. phrasal verb [usually passive]
If a person or thing is tangled up in something such as wire or ropes, they are caught or trapped in it.
Sheep kept getting tangled up in it and eventually the wire was removed. [get/be V-ed P + in]
The teeth are like razors. Once you get tangled up it will never let you go. [get/be V-ed P]
2. phrasal verb [usually passive]
If you are tangled up in a complicated or unpleasant situation, you are involved in it and cannot get free of it.
The heroine gets tangled up in a murky murder case. [get/be V-ed P + in/with]
tangled up adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
Buddy and Joe appeared to be more and more tangled up in secrets. [+ in]
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