tangle
n. 纠缠,纠纷; 混乱,慌乱; 昏乱的状态; 争论
vt.& vi. (使)缠结,(使)乱作一团; 使陷入,捕获; 使纠纷; 参加辩论、争执或冲突
A tangle of something is a mass of it twisted together in an untidy way.
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。
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。
If something is tangled or tangles, it becomes twisted together in an untidy way.
Animals get tangled in fishing nets and drown...
动物被缠进渔网里淹死了。
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。
You can refer to a confusing or complicated situation as a tangle .
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。
...the tangle of domestic politics.
国内政局的错综复杂
If ideas or situations are tangled, they become confused and complicated.
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。
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。
1. a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven;
2. something jumbled or confused;
1. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action;
2. tangle or complicate;
3. disarrange or rumple; dishevel;
4. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass;
a tangled web
错综复杂的局面(或东西)
My mind was in tangle.
我的思想陷入困惑之中.
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.
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.
His financial affairs are in such a tangle.
他的钱财是糊涂帐.
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.