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

• Using the new method, TB bacteria are grown in a liquid, where they form characteristic tangles that are easily recognised under a microscope.
  在这种新的方法中，结核菌是在液体中培养的，它们在其中形成有特点的缠结，在显微镜下很容易识别。
• 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。
• 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。
• Tangles like this still interrupted their intercourse.
  像这类纠缠不清的误会仍然妨碍着他们的交情。
• They report that minimal gradual memory declines were seen in the absence of tangles, while Lewy bodies and strokes doubled the rate of gradual memory loss.
  他们报告微小逐渐的记忆力下降被发现存在纤维丛，当路易小体和中风将逐渐记忆力下降的速率加倍时。
• 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。
• 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。
• Uber has become a poster child for digital intermediaries that are sparking the ire of industry incumbents as it faces legal tangles from Paris and Brussels to Delhi and Beijing.
  目前，在引发业内官方人士怒火的数字化中介企业中，优步已成为其中一个典型。从巴黎和布鲁塞尔，到德里和北京，该公司正面临与各国政府的法律纠纷。
• 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。
• Sheep, Scotland: Tangles of seaweed lure a flock of sheep from Iona's green slopes down to the beach for a mineral-rich graze.
  苏格兰：绵羊，从爱奥那岛的绿色山坡向下一直到海边，一堆堆乱糟糟的海草因其富含矿物质而吸引了一群绵羊前来吃草。