单词 | disentangle |
释义 | disentanglev. 1. transitive. To free (anything) from that in or with which it is entangled; to disengage, extricate. Const. from, formerly sometimes of. a. literal. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > make free of hindrances or encumberment > from contact or entanglement unwrap1561 clear1591 disentangle1598 disinvolve1611 disimplicate1660 unmesh1844 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Strigare to disintangle, to rid. a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 445 Though in concretions they [sc. particles] so entangle one another..yet they do incessantly strive to disentangle themselves, and get away. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 145 They disentangle from the puzzled skein..The threads of..shrewd design. 1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North II. 297 To disentangle our line from the water-lilies. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xix. 135 Two hours had been spent in the effort to disentangle ourselves from the crags. b. figurative. To set free from intellectual, moral, or practical complications; to extricate from difficulties or hindrances. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > extricate from difficulties windc1535 unreave1593 disentangle1611 explicate1614 extricatea1631 districate1632 untwist1637 exintricate1661 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desembarrasser, to vnpester, disintangle. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 116 The Princesse now disentangled of publike affaires, and desirous to know who shee was [etc.]. a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 14 Our Thoughts and Affections must be always disentangled. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §92. 106 To Disentangle our Minds, from..Prejudices. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. xii. 370 The Emperor disentangled himself..from all the affairs of this world. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vi. §6. 325 To..disentangle a few fragmentary facts from the mass of fable. 2. To bring (anything) out of a tangled state; to unravel, untwist. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > free from perplexity disembroil1611 disentangle1660 disembrangle1726 disembarrass1742 disentwine1814 disenmesh1869 disenravel1881 the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > reduce to order > disentangle dismeddle1480 redd1513 untangle1550 unsnarl1555 disintricate1598 unentangle1610 disinvolve1611 elaqueate1656 disentangle1660 dismingle1669 unscramble1923 1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. vi. 240 Disentangling The passive reptile's folds. 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 10 Feb. (1939) 97 One puzzles the skein in order to excite curiosity, and then cannot disentangle it. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xx. 252 Patience to disentangle the knots of my harness. 3. intransitive (for reflexive). To become disentangled; to disentangle oneself (quot. 1676). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > come into order [verb (intransitive)] > become disentangled unsnarl1555 disentangle1607 1607 Ford's Madrigal, ‘Since first I saw your face’ My heart is fast, And cannot disentangle. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. K4 Betaking themselves to this Spiritual Warfare, they ought to disintangle from the World. 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 24 My Foot disentangled, and I fell plum into the Sea. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 29 Thoughts disentangle passing o'er the Lip. 1896 N.E.D. at Disentangle Mod. This skein won't disentangle. Derivatives disenˈtangled adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > reduced to order > freed from entanglement disentangled1633 1633 G. Herbert Reprisall in Temple ii A disentangled state and free. disenˈtangling n. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desmeslement, vnpestering, disintricating, disintangling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1598 |
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