| 单词 | intertwine |
| 释义 | intertwine (once / 4398 pages) v Things that intertwine are twisted or mixed together. You have to intertwine yarn to make a scarf. When things intertwine, they're all mixed up together — it's hard to separate them. To make any type of clothing, threads have to be intertwined. Rope is made of smaller fibers that intertwine. Related jobs—like a writer and an editor—intertwine too, because they are so closely related. You can say people are intertwined if they're close to each other, as family or friends. Getting intertwined could be a metaphor for getting married; the threads of your lives are getting tangled together. WORD FAMILYintertwine: intertwined, intertwines, intertwining+/entwine: entwined, entwines, entwining/twine: entwine, intertwine, twined, twiner, twines, twining, untwine/twiner: twiners/untwine: untwined, untwines, untwining USAGE EXAMPLESIt is time that we erased these disparities, particularly for patients with life-threatening illnesses, for whom dental care and medical care are intertwined. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The intertwining of madness and genius remains an essential part of his posthumous legend, and Lowell himself saw the two as related. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) The book, a collection of intertwined stories, served as prequel and sequel to the original novel. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) 1v spin,wind, or twist together intertwine the ribbons intertwined hearts Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper enlace, entwine, interlace, lace, twine twine make by twisting together or intertwining untwine undo what has been twined together wind, wreathe form into a wreath wattleinterlace to form wattle plash, pleachinterlace the shoots of knot, ravel, tangletangle or complicate splicejoin by interweaving strands piecejoin during spinning distort, twine, twist form into a spiral shape 2v make lacework by knotting or looping Syn|Hyper tat create from raw material, create from raw stuff make from scratch 3v make a loop in Syn|Hypo|Hyper loop crochet, hook make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle noosemake a noose in or of entwine, knit tie or link together |
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