Unravel



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• v.解开, 拆散
• ［英］ v.解开, 拆散 ( to resolve the intricacy, complexity, or obscurity of)
• ［类］ conundrum : solve / tangle : unravel ( 解决难题 / 解决纷乱)
• ［记］ un ( 不) +ravel ( 纠缠)
• ［例］ unravel the threads of a tangled skein ( 将一团乱线解开)

Webster Collegiate

• Date: 1603
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to disengage or separate the threads of ; disentangle
    • b. to cause to come apart by or as if by separating the threads of
  • 2. to resolve the intricacy, complexity, or obscurity of ; clear up <unravel a mystery>
• intransitive verb
  • to become unraveled

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