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单词 disentangle
释义

disentanglev.

/dɪsɪnˈtaŋɡ(ə)l/
Forms: Also 1600s–1700s disintangle.
Etymology: < dis- prefix 2a + entangle v.
1. transitive. To free (anything) from that in or with which it is entangled; to disengage, extricate. Const. from, formerly sometimes of.
a. literal.
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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.
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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.
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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.
figurative.1660 A. Marvell Let. 3 Jan. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 15 I shall..inform myselfe here how that annexion stands & the readiest way of disintangling it.1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 169. ⁋13 He must..disentangle his method, and alter his arrangement.1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. i. 31 We can disentangle the several elements of which it is made up.
3. intransitive (for reflexive). To become disentangled; to disentangle oneself (quot. 1676).
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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.
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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.
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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).
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