tangles

英 [ˈtæŋɡlz]

美 [ˈtæŋɡlz]

n.  (线、毛发等的)缠结的一团，乱团，乱糟糟的一堆; 混乱; 纷乱; 纠纷; 不和; 争执; 打架
v.  使缠结; 纠结; 乱作一团
tangle的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 缠结;纠结;乱糟糟的一团
  Atangle ofsomething is a mass of it twisted together in an untidy way.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• V-ERG (使)缠绕;(使)缠结
  If somethingis tangledortangles, it becomes twisted together in an untidy way.
  1. Animals get tangled in fishing nets and drown...
     动物被缠进渔网里淹死了。
  2. 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。
  3. Lee and I fell in a tangled heap...
     李和我扭作一团，摔倒在地。
  4. Her hair tends to tangle...
     她的头发容易打结。
  5. He suggested that tangling fishing gear should be made a criminal offence.
     他提议，缠绕捕鱼器材应该算刑事犯罪。
• N-SING 混乱;纷乱;乱成一团
  You can refer to a confusing or complicated situation as atangle.
  1. 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。
  2. ...the tangle of domestic politics.
     国内政局的错综复杂
• VERB (思想、局势变得)纷乱，混乱
  If ideas or situationsare tangled, they become confused and complicated.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• a tangled web→ see:web

双语例句

• Messy tangles across a militarily open border.
  不设防边界地段的混乱纠纷。
• A decade ago, scientists created mice that developed the so-called plaques and tangles that accumulate in the brains of people with the disease.
  十几年前，科学家们创造了一种小鼠，能产生那些所谓的在患者脑内累积的斑块和纠结。
• 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。
• Social Venture Partners 'Shoemaker says he only helps non-profits with their accounting, legal tangles or with personnel problems.
  SocialVenturePartners的休梅克表示，他只帮助非营利机构处理账目、法律争议或人事问题。
• Objective To explore the characteristics of appraisement of medical tangles and the evaluation principles of contributed degree of medical negligences.
  目的探讨医疗纠纷因果关系鉴定案例的特点及医疗过失参与度的评定原则。
• Long hair tangles easily.
  长头发容易缠结。
• Some are using high-powered imaging studies to examine people's brains to look for characteristic plaques and tangles while they are still alive.
  一些研究者使用高能成像系统来检查人脑，以此寻找尚存活患者脑中的蛋白特征斑及蛋白团。
• Scientists have moved away from plaque and tangles in the brain toward developing better treatments for the disease.
  科学家关于阿尔茨海默病的研究重心已从病理学的神经纤维斑块和纤维缠结转向研究更好的治疗措施。
• My mother caught me one day, swinging off a branch with my hair in tangles and she scolded me fiercely, saying that girls cannot behave that way, we had to be good.
  有一天，我蓬着头发坐在一根树枝上晃荡，被我妈妈逮了个正着。妈妈大骂了我一通，说女孩子不能这样子，我们必须举止文雅。
• It is such a comfort to drop the tangles of life into God's hands and leave them there.
  把一团乱麻的人生，交到神的手里，让祂去处理，岂不是无上的安慰。