Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #10011
tangle
缠结的一团；纠结的一堆
A twisted, tangled mass.
- 1.
A tangled twisted mass.
缠结的一团。
- 2.
Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
任何大型海藻,尤其是海带属的一种。
- 3.
a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
缠绕在一起的一团
- 4.
A complicated or confused state or condition.
复杂或混乱的状态或状况。
- 5.
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.
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。
- 6.
something jumbled or confused
杂乱无章的事物
- 7.
An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
争论、冲突、纠纷或打架。
- 8.
A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
一个绳结投影的区域,绳结恰好四次穿过其周长。
- 9.
A paired helical fragment of tau protein found in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease.
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。
- 10.
A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
一种艺术形式,由填充重复图案的部分组成。
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
In use
Her necklace was a tangle of silver chains.
After the storm, the wires lay in a tangle on the road.
He spent an hour trying to undo the tangle in the fishing line.
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.
花园里长满了一团乱糟糟的杂草。
be in a tangle
常用来形容复杂混乱的局面。
The legal affairs of the company are in a tangle.
Connections
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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- tangle with
- 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。
Learner notes
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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