Word
untwining
/ˈʌnˈtwain/
verb
解开；松开；散开
untwining is the present participle of untwine.
核心释义
to undo something that has been twisted or wound together
- 1.
解开(缠绕物的)绞
To untwist the strands of (something entwined).
- 2.
解开(缠绕在一起的东西),解脱,摆脱
To free (one thing that is entwined with another), disentangle, extricate.
- 3.
变得不再缠绕或纠结
To become untwisted or disentangled.
解开(缠绕物的)绞；解开(缠绕在一起的东西),解脱,摆脱；变得不再缠绕或纠结；vi. 解开；散开
用法In use
She carefully untwined the cable before plugging it in.
用法提示：这里 untwine 是及物动词的过去式，表示把缠绕交叠的线缆分开。
It took me a while to untwine the necklace chain that had gotten tangled.
用法提示：这里 untwine 用在不定式中，表示解开缠绕的链子。
As the rope was pulled, the two strands began to untwine.
用法提示：这里 untwine 是不及物动词，表示缠绕的股线自动松开、散开。
untwine + noun
She carefully untwined the tangled wires.
她小心地解开了缠绕的电线。
untwine (intransitive)
不及物用法，表示自行散开。
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