tangle

• n. 纠纷；混乱状态
• vt. 使纠缠；处于混乱状态
• vi. 缠结；乱作一团

来自中古英语 tagilen,卷入，缠结，来自 Proto-Germanic*thangul,海藻，海草，词源同 entangle. 比喻用法。

1. a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven;

"they carved their way through the tangle of vines"

2. something jumbled or confused;

"a tangle of government regulations"

tangle (n.)

1610s, "a tangled condition, a snarl of threads," from tangle (v.).

tangle (v.)

mid-14c., nasalized variant of tagilen "to involve in a difficult situation, entangle," from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Swedish taggla "to disorder," Old Norse þongull "seaweed"), from Proto-Germanic *thangul- (cognates: Frisian tung, Dutch tang, German Tang "seaweed"); thus the original sense of the root evidently was "seaweed" as something that entangles (itself, or oars, or fishes, or nets). "The development of such a verb from a noun of limited use like tangle 1 is somewhat remarkable, and needs confirmation" [Century Dictionary]. In reference to material things, from c. 1500. Meaning "to fight with" is American English, first recorded 1928. Related: Tangled; tangling. Tanglefoot (1859) was Western American English slang for "strong whiskey."

a tangle of branches

盘绕（纠结）在一起的树枝

牛津词典

Her hair was a mass of tangles.

她的头发乱糟糟的。

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His financial affairs are in a tangle.

他的财务一塌糊涂。

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She had tangled up the sheets on the bed as she lay tossing and turning.

她在床上翻来覆去，把被单弄得乱成一团。

牛津词典

A tangle of wires is all that remains of the computer and phone systems...

原来的计算机和电话系统如今只剩下乱糟糟的一团电线。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There he stood: hair in wild tangles, dark stubble shadowing his chin.

他站在那儿，头发乱成一团，下巴上一片黑胡茬。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Animals get tangled in fishing nets and drown...

动物被缠进渔网里淹死了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She tried to kick the pajamas loose, but they were tangled in the satin sheet...

她想把睡衣踢脱，可是它却和缎子床单绞到了一块。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I was thinking what a tangle we had got ourselves into.

我在想，我们卷入了怎样的纷争之中。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the tangle of domestic politics.

国内政局的错综复杂

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The themes get tangled in Mr. Mahfouz's epic storytelling...

马赫福兹先生讲述的故事过于宏大，主题有些混乱了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You are currently in a muddle where financial and emotional concerns are tangled together.

你眼下头脑不清了，对于金钱和感情的忧虑交织在了一起。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

My mind was in tangle.

我的思想陷入困惑之中.

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We employed a lawyer to straighten our legal tangle.

我们雇了一位律师把法律纠纷理出头绪.

《简明英汉词典》

She was trying to comb some useful things out of the tangle.

她正试图从那堆乱糟糟的东西里找出些有用之物.

辞典例句

His financial affairs are in such a tangle.

他的钱财是糊涂帐.

辞典例句

I shouldn't tangle with Peter, he is bigger than me.

我不应该与彼特吵架, 他的块头比我大.

《简明英汉词典》

All the tangle around the shell are circle, so it feels very comfortable when you using.

外形所有边角都经圆弧型处理, 有非常好的手握感!

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Her mind was then in a tangle.

她的思想当时是一片混乱.

辞典例句

He is small yet tough, and no one dares to tangle with him.

他个子虽小但却顽强, 没有人敢跟他较量.

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There is a tangle of ropes on the deck.

甲板上有一团乱绳.

辞典例句

Tangle : Believe me! You won't suddenly understand his works by keep on saying that.

相信我! 你一直这样说下去,也不会突然明白的.

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Medical Tangle is a hot issue of the society.

医疗纠纷是当下社会的热点问题.

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The boys got into a tangle over the rules of the game.

男孩子们在比赛规则上发生了争吵.

辞典例句

Oh, the tangle of human life!

啊, 这人生的纠葛!

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Roaming and fatalism tangle up in Wang Anyi's world of text and mind. "

漂泊与宿命在王安忆的文本世界和心灵世界中 扭结 纠缠在一起.

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Her mind was then a tangle.

她的思想当时是一片“混乱”.

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