tangle
n. 糾纏,糾紛; 混亂,慌亂; 昏亂的狀態; 爭論
vt.& vi. (使)纏結,(使)亂作一團; 使陷入,捕獲; 使糾紛; 參加辯論、爭執或衝突
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...
原來的計算機和電話系統如今只剩下亂糟糟的一團電線。
There he stood: hair in wild tangles, dark stubble shadowing his chin.
他站在那兒,頭髮亂成一團,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...
動物被纏進漁網裡淹死了。
She tried to kick the pajamas loose, but they were tangled in the satin sheet...
她想把睡衣踢脫,可是它卻和緞子床單絞到了一塊。
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,我們捲入了怎樣的紛爭之中。
...the tangle of domestic politics.
國內政局的錯綜複雜
If ideas or situations are tangled, they become confused and complicated.
The themes get tangled in Mr. Mahfouz's epic storytelling...
馬赫福茲先生講述的故事過於宏大,主題有些混亂了。
You are currently in a muddle where financial and emotional concerns are tangled together.
你眼下頭腦不清了,對於金錢和感情的憂慮交織在了一起。
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
錯綜複雜的局面(或東西)
My mind was in tangle.
我的思想陷入困惑之中.
We employed a lawyer to straighten our legal tangle.
我們僱了一位律師把法律糾紛理出頭緒.
She was trying to comb some useful things out of the tangle.
她正試圖從那堆亂糟糟的東西里找出些有用之物.
His financial affairs are in such a tangle.
他的錢財是糊塗帳.
I shouldn't tangle with Peter, he is bigger than me.
我不應該與彼特吵架, 他的塊頭比我大.