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ravel something (to disentangle)
此用法强调解开或理清纠缠之物。
She carefully ravelled the tangled necklace.
她小心地解开了缠在一起的项链。
拆开；解开；使松散
ravels — third person singular of ravel
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拆开；解开；使松散
To unwind or pull apart (thread, yarn, cloth, a seam, etc.); to unravel or unpick.
She carefully ravelled the tangled necklace.
她小心地解开了缠在一起的项链。
注意：该词也有“使缠结”的意思。
使缠绕或纠结；使混乱。
To entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle.
常接 up:像用线织布一样将离散元素组合成(某物)；编织。
Often followed by up: to form (something) out of discrete elements, like weaving fabric from threads; to knit.
解开(线轴、纱团等)；拆散(布料、缝线等)；磨损、拆线、解开；也指从织物或线团中拉出(线等)。
To unwind (a reel of thread, a skein of yarn, etc.); to pull apart (cloth, a seam, etc.); to fray, to unpick, to unravel; also, to pull out (a string of yarn, a thread, etc.) from a piece of fabric, or a skein or reel.
使困惑；使迷惑。
To confuse or perplex (someone or something).
ravel
Base
原形
ravels
3rd person
第三人称单数
ravelling
-ing
现在分词
ravelled
Past
过去式
ravelled
Past participle
过去分词
She ravels the yarn.
她使纱线纠缠。
He ravelled the rope yesterday.
他昨天解开了绳子。
They have ravelled the problem.
他们已经弄清了问题。
表示‘使纠缠’或‘解开’；过去式/过去分词也可写作raveled/raveling（美式）。
The kitten ravelled the ball of yarn into a hopeless tangle.
小猫把线团弄得一团糟，缠在一起解不开了。
As she spoke, the complex plot began to ravel before our eyes.
她说话的时候，那个复杂的情节在我们眼前逐渐明朗起来。
The old sweater is ravelling at the sleeves.
这件旧毛衣的袖子开始散线了。
此用法强调解开或理清纠缠之物。
She carefully ravelled the tangled necklace.
她小心地解开了缠在一起的项链。
此用法表示使事情复杂化或陷入混乱。
His lies only ravelled the situation further.
他的谎言只会使情况更加混乱。
用作不及物动词时，常指织物或绳索的纤维松散开。
The sweater's sleeve began to ravel after several washes.
洗过几次后，毛衣的袖子开始散线。
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拆开；解开（缠绕的东西）
He carefully raveled out the tangled fishing line.
他小心地解开缠在一起的鱼线。
拆开一条缝线
She raveled the seam to shorten the dress.
她拆开缝线，把连衣裙改短。
磨损散开的边缘
Trim the raveled edge before sewing.
缝纫前先把磨损散开的边修剪一下。
散开的线
A raveling thread hung from the sleeve.
袖子上垂着一根散开的线。
睡眠将纷乱的忧思线团重新编织好。
In Shakespeare's Macbeth, 'raveled' describes tangled, frayed threads of worry; sleep 'knits up' these threads, showing how ravel can mean both tangle and untangle.
在莎士比亚的《麦克白》中，raveled 形容纷乱、磨损的忧虑之线；睡眠将这些线“重新编织”，体现出 ravel 既可表示缠绕，也可表示解开。
Use ravels naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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想象一团毛线（ravel）：线缠住是 ravel，拉线头拆开也是 ravel；一词兼有“缠”与“解”，别被反义搞晕。
语域：mixed 常见场景：文学文本、缝纫/纺织、APL编程文档 ravel 的语域随搭配和语境变化：作“缠结/编织”或“使困惑”时多用于书面、文学语境；作“松开、拆散（织物或线）”时比较常见于缝纫/纺织场景；在 APL 编程中指“将变量重塑为向量”，是专业术语。普通对话中，表达这些意思时通常可用 tangle、unravel、fray 等更常见的词。
及物和不及物用法均有，及物时意为'使纠缠、拆开'等，不及物时意为'散开、解除'。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.