tangle
['tæŋgl]
n.缠结, 混乱, 纠纷
vt.使缠结, 使混乱, 使陷入
vi.纠缠, 乱作一团, 吵架,争论
n.海藻类
例句与用法：
Her hair got all tangled up in the barbed wire fence.
她的头发被刺钢丝篱笆给挂住了。
The wool got in a fearful tangle.
毛线乱成了一团。
The wind tangled her hair.
风吹乱了她的头发。
词形变化：
形容词: tangly | 动词过去式: tangled | 动词过去分词: tangled | 动词现在分词: tangling | 动词第三人称单数: tangles |
详细释义：
vt.
1. 使纠结, 使纠缠[(+up)]
The little girl tangled the yarn her mother was knitting.
小女孩把她妈妈在编结的毛线弄得纠结在一起了。
2. 使卷入; 使陷入[H]
Do you know how he got tangled in the quarrel?
你知道他是怎么卷入争吵的吗?
3. 使混乱; 使困惑
The power failure had tangled traffic in the city.
断电使该城的交通陷入混乱。
vi.
1. 纠结, 缠结
Long hair tangles easily.
长发容易缠结。
2. 乱作一团
3. 【口】吵架, 争论[(+with)]
If I were you, I wouldn't tangle with them.
我要是你, 我就不跟他们争吵。
n.[C]
1. 纠结; 纷乱; 混乱
Her thoughts were in a tangle.
她的思想陷入混乱之中。
2. 乱糟糟的一团[S][(+of)]
There is a tangle of ropes on the deck.
甲板上有一团乱绳。
3. 【口】纠纷, 口角[(+with)]
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。
短语词组：
in a tangle
1. 混乱; 困惑
Her mind was then in a tangle.
她的思想当时是一片混乱。
tangle with
1. 与……发生缠结
You shouldn't tangle with him -- he's much stronger than you!
你不应与他发生纠缠。他比你强壮得多!