Tangle



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. / n. 缠结;纷乱
• ［英］ v. / n. 缠结 ( become a confused mass of disordered and twisted threads) ; 纷乱 ( a confused disordered state)
• ［类］ conundrum : solve / tangle : unravel ( 解决难题 / 解开纠缠)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (tangled; tangling)

• Etymology: Middle English tanglen, tagilen, probably short for entanglen, from Anglo-French entagler, entangler to prosecute (for), implicate
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to involve so as to hamper, obstruct, or embarrass
  • 2. to seize and hold in or as if in a snare ; entrap
  • 3. to unite or knit together in intricate confusion
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to interact in a contentious or conflicting way
  • 2. to become entangled

II. noun

• Date: 1615
• 1. a tangled twisted mass ; snarl
• 2.
  • a. a complicated or confused state or condition
  • b. a state of perplexity or complete bewilderment
• 3. a serious altercation ; dispute
• 4. neurofibrillary tangle

III. noun

• Etymology: of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse th?ngull tangle, thang seaweed
• Date: 1536
• a large seaweed

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