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tangle
缠结的一团；纠结的一堆
核心释义
A twisted, tangled mass.
- 1.
缠结的一团。
A tangled twisted mass.
- 2.
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.
- 3.
缠绕在一起的一团
a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
- 4.
复杂或混乱的状态或状况。
A complicated or confused state or condition.
- 5.
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.
- 6.
杂乱无章的事物
something jumbled or confused
- 7.
争论、冲突、纠纷或打架。
An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
- 8.
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.
- 9.
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.
- 10.
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.
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
用法In use
Her necklace was a tangle of silver chains.
用法提示：名词，表示缠结的一团，后接of说明缠绕对象。
After the storm, the wires lay in a tangle on the road.
用法提示：名词，in a tangle 作表语，描述杂乱缠结的状态。
He spent an hour trying to undo the tangle in the fishing line.
用法提示：名词，指具体一团缠结的线，作undo的宾语。
they carved their way through the tangle of vines
a tangle of government regulations
a tangle of something
The garden was overgrown with a tangle of weeds.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- a tangle of wires
- 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。
- in a tangle
- 乱成一团；纠缠不清
- My headphones are in a tangle.我的耳机缠成一团了。
- a tangle with
- 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。
- a tangle of bureaucracy
- 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。
习语与比喻表达
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
将 tangle 记成“糖(tang)丝黏了(le)”，糖丝黏在一起变成一团，正好是“缠结的一团”的意思。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：hair care、tidying wires or ropes 作名词表示“缠结的一团”时，语气中性，多用于日常描述头发、绳索、电线等缠绕在一起的情形；口语和一般书面叙述中都较常见。
语法说明Grammar Note
常与of连用表示...的缠结，也可用于比喻义表示混乱、纠纷。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 tangle /ˈtæŋɡəl/ 押韵的词有 angle、dangle、mangle，它们都读作 /æŋɡəl/。注意 single /ˈsɪŋɡəl/、jungle /ˈdʒʌŋɡəl/、tingle /ˈtɪŋɡəl/ 拼写相似，但元音不同，分别读 /ɪ/、/ʌ/、/ɪ/，并不押韵。
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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