a tangle of something
The garden was overgrown with a tangle of weeds.
花园里长满了一团乱糟糟的杂草。
混乱；纷乱；争执；纠纷；打架；大型海藻；昆布；海星捕捞器；纽结的缠结区
A twisted, tangled mass.
缠结的一团。
A tangled twisted mass.
任何大型海藻,尤其是海带属的一种。
Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
缠绕在一起的一团
a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
复杂或混乱的状态或状况。
A complicated or confused state or condition.
一种工具,主要由一根铁棒组成,上面附有拖把、散开的绳索束或其他类似物,用于捕获海星、海胆及其他生活在海底的类似生物。
An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
杂乱无章的事物
something jumbled or confused
争论、冲突、纠纷或打架。
An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
一个绳结投影的区域,绳结恰好四次穿过其周长。
A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
神经细胞中发现的tau蛋白成对螺旋片段,与阿尔茨海默病有关。
A paired helical fragment of tau protein found in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease.
一种艺术形式,由填充重复图案的部分组成。
A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
Her necklace was a tangle of silver chains.
她的项链是一团缠在一起的银链子。
用法提示：名词，表示缠结的一团，后接of说明缠绕对象。
AI contextual example
After the storm, the wires lay in a tangle on the road.
暴风雨过后，电线乱糟糟地缠成一团躺在路上。
用法提示：名词，in a tangle 作表语，描述杂乱缠结的状态。
AI contextual example
He spent an hour trying to undo the tangle in the fishing line.
他花了一个小时想解开钓鱼线上缠结的那一团。
用法提示：名词，指具体一团缠结的线，作undo的宾语。
AI contextual example
The garden was overgrown with a tangle of weeds.
花园里长满了一团乱糟糟的杂草。
常用来形容复杂混乱的局面。
The legal affairs of the company are in a tangle.
公司的法律事务陷入混乱。
比 tangle 更口语，强调头发或线缠得又乱又紧，难以梳理。
多指绳、线或头发因拉紧而缠死的部分，范围比 tangle 小。
强调密度大、压成一片的缠结，不是松散的一团。
较正式，可指抽象纠葛，指实物时不如 tangle 常用。
grammar · medium
易错句子The wires are tangle.
正确表达The wires are tangled.
将tangle用作形容词是常见错误。tangle是动词原形或名词，作表语描述状态时需用过去分词tangled。
grammar · medium
易错句子He got tangle in the ropes.
正确表达He got tangled in the ropes.
介词短语中，tangle应使用过去分词形式tangled构成被动或状态，原句误用了动词原形。
针对“复杂或混乱的状态”这一义项，反义词指清晰有序的状态。
与“混乱”相对，强调明白易懂。
snarl 强调纠结、阻塞，而 tangle 强调杂乱缠绕
muddle 指思维混乱或状态混乱，而 tangle 常指物体缠绕或复杂纠纷
一团缠绕的电线
There was a tangle of wires behind the desk.
书桌后面有一团缠绕的电线。
乱成一团；纠缠不清
My headphones are in a tangle.
我的耳机缠成一团了。
与……的争执（或冲突）
He had a tangle with a coworker over the project.
他因项目与同事发生争执。
错综复杂的官僚程序
The permit process was a tangle of bureaucracy.
申请许可的过程是一团错综复杂的官僚程序。
与…发生冲突（尤指打斗或争论）
Don't tangle with him; he's a professional boxer.
别跟他发生冲突；他是一名职业拳击手。
缠结；使纠缠在一起
The headphone wires tangle up in my pocket every time.
耳机线每次在我口袋里都会缠在一起。
陷入混乱或困惑
She got into a tangle trying to explain the complicated rules.
她在试图解释那些复杂规则时把自己绕糊涂了。
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