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单词 unravel
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unravel

UK /ʌnˈræv(ə)l/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theyunravel
he/she/itunravels
present participleunravelling
past tenseunravelled
past participleunravelled

DEFINITIONS3
  1. 1
    transitive to understand something complicated by thinking about it for a long time

    Police are trying to unravel the mystery of their sudden disappearance.

    Synonyms and related words

    To understand something
  2. 2
    intransitive if a process or project unravels, it begins to fail

    There were worries that the peace process was beginning to unravel.

    Synonyms and related words

    To fail, or to stop being successful
  3. 3
    intransitive/transitive if a piece of clothing unravels, or if you unravel it, its fibres become separated from each other
    Synonyms and related words

    To unfasten, or to come unfastened
    Synonyms and related words

    What clothing and cloth can do

unravel

US /ʌnˈræv(ə)l/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theyunravel
he/she/itunravels
present participleunraveling or unravelling
past tenseunraveled or unravelled
past participleunraveled or unravelled

DEFINITIONS3
  1. 1
    intransitive/transitive if a piece of clothing unravels, or if you unravel it, its fibers become separated from each other
    Synonyms and related words

    To unfasten, or to come unfastened
    Synonyms and related words

    What clothing and cloth can do
  2. 2
    transitive to understand something complicated by thinking about it for a long time

    Police are trying to unravel the mystery of their sudden disappearance.

    Synonyms and related words

    To understand something
  3. 3
    intransitive if a process or project unravels, it begins to fail

    There were worries that the peace process was beginning to unravel.

    Synonyms and related words

    To fail, or to stop being successful
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