单词 | tangled |
释义 | tangledadj. Interlaced or intertwined in a complicated and confused manner; matted, mixed up confusedly; figurative complicated, intricate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [adjective] snarledc1440 entangled1561 intrinsicate1562 interlaqueate1575 kangled1577 intricate1579 ravelled1594 tangled1600 perplexed1605 intrincea1616 intertangleda1625 intangle1642 snarly1647 intertwisteda1659 tangly1813 reticular1818 uncardeda1833 tanglesome1888 warpled1897 pretzelled1938 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 124 His speach was like a tangled Chaine; nothing impaired, but all disordered. View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Milton Comus 7 The blind mazes of this tangled wood? a1717 T. Parnell Health 45 I lead where Stags thro' tangled Thickets tread. 1750 W. Shenstone Rural Elegance 204 The tangled vetch's purple bloom. 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xvii. 343 O what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive! 1874 M. Creighton Hist. Ess. (1902) i. 20 The tangled thread of Italian politics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1600 |
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