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

• Treatments are being developed to prevent the accumulation of cerebral plaques and tangles or to desegregate them once they are present.
  目前正在开发的治疗手段旨在阻止大脑中斑块和缠结的蓄积，或者当它们产生时能够被清除。
• 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。
• 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。
• Messy tangles across a militarily open border.
  不设防边界地段的混乱纠纷。
• Fewer investors trust the judgment of ratings agencies since their tangles over mortgage-backed securities, and as a result want another outsider to evaluate risk.
  自从在住房抵押贷款证券上被套牢后，很少有投资者还会继续信任评级机构的判断，他们希望有其他的外部机构加入进来评估风险。
• Still, she seems to be able to hold her own when she tangles with Damon ( Ian Somerhalder). In fact, she gets the upper hand when she steals his daylight ring.
  和达蒙纠缠的时候她依然能招架住，事实上她还占了上风，她偷走了达蒙的日光戒指。
• 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。
• 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。
• Eventually, brain cells are lost, and there is accumulation of abnormal peptides in plaques, as well as neurofibrillary tangles.
  最终，脑细胞会丢失，并且存在异常肽聚集板块以及神经纤维团。
• Long hair tangles easily.
  长头发容易缠结。