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

• 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。
• Their hair grew long and ragged, in whirls of curls or in knots and tangles.
  头发长而乱，鬈曲打结，缠成一团。
• If these tangles, which are a natural consequence of the DNA copying process, are left unresolved the chromosomes cannot be separated and sent to the two nascent daughter cells.
  如果这些染色体复制过程的自然结果所造成的纠结没有被解开，染色体就不能被分离并送到两个子细胞中。
• 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。
• Messy tangles across a militarily open border.
  不设防边界地段的混乱纠纷。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Not all dementia is caused by plaque and tangles ( stroke is a leading cause), and not all plaque and tangles lead to dementia.
  斑块和神经纤维缠结也并非一定导致痴呆。