Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #10011
tangle
缠结；使缠结
核心释义
To become twisted together, or to make something twisted together.
- 1.
使缠结；使纠缠
To mix together or intertwine.
- 2.
缠结；纠缠
To become mixed together or intertwined.
- 3.
争吵；冲突；打架
To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
- 4.
迫使陷入(某种处境、状态或行动过程)
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- 5.
缠住；抓住
To catch and hold.
争吵；打架；冲突；缠住；使陷入；拖入；使缠结；使纠缠；缠结；纠缠
用法In use
The wind tangled her hair into knots.
用法提示：tangle 作及物动词，过去式 tangled 表示“使缠绕成结”。
The charging cables tangled together in my bag.
用法提示：tangle 作不及物动词，过去式 tangled 表示“互相缠结”。
Please don't tangle the rope when you coil it.
用法提示：tangle 作及物动词，原形用于否定的祈使句，表示“使缠绕”。
tangle (something) up
The wind tangled her hair up.
风把她的头发缠在了一起。
tangle with somebody/something
常指争执或冲突。
I don't want to tangle with the police.
我不想和警察纠缠。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- get tangled in
- 陷入（困境）
- He got tangled in a complicated legal dispute.他陷入了一场复杂的法律纠纷。
- be tangled up in
- 被卷入，纠缠于
- She was tangled up in a web of lies.她被卷入了一个谎言网中。
- tangle with
- 与...发生冲突
- I don't want to tangle with the authorities.我不想与当局发生冲突。
- become tangled with
- 与...纠缠不清
- He became tangled with a notorious gang.他与一个臭名昭著的帮派纠缠不清。
习语与比喻表达
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
tangle 音似‘探戈’，舞步易缠结，使人被迫陷入混乱处境。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：legal situations、complicated relationships 通常用于正式或书面语，描述被迫卷入复杂情况。
语法说明Grammar Note
动词既可及物也可不及物，及物时意为‘使缠结’，不及物时意为‘乱作一团’。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All words share the same ending /æŋɡəl/ and rhyme with the target. Beware of lookalikes like 'tingle' (/tɪŋɡəl/) which have a different vowel sound.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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