| 单词 | tangle |
| 释义 | tangle tangle1 —tanglement, n. —tangler, n. —tangly, adv. /tang"geuhl/, v. , tangled, tangling, n. v.t. 1. to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl. 2. to involve in something that hampers, obstructs, or overgrows: The bushes were tangled with vines. 3. to catch and hold in or as if in a net or snare. v.i. 4. to be or become tangled. 5. Informal. to come into conflict; fight or argue: I don't want to tangle with him over the new ruling. n. 6. a tangled condition or situation. 7. a tangled or confused mass or assemblage of something. 8. a confused jumble: a tangle of contradictory statements. 9. Informal. a conflict; disagreement: He got into a tangle with the governor. [1300-50; ME tangilen, tagilen to entangle < Scand; cf. Sw (dial.) taggla to disarrange] Syn. 8. snarl, net, labyrinth, maze. tangle2 /tang"geuhl/, n. any of several large seaweeds of the genus Laminaria. [1530-40; < Scand; cf. ON thongull strand of tangle, Norw tang] |
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