英语词汇“entangled”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

VERB TABLE

entangle

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	entangle
	he, she, it	entangles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	entangled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have entangled
	he, she, it	has entangled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had entangled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will entangle
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have entangled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am entangling
	he, she, it	is entangling
	you, we, they	are entangling
Past	I, he, she, it	was entangling
	you, we, they	were entangling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been entangling
	he, she, it	has been entangling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been entangling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be entangling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been entangling

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

At best, they can entangle the nets of a fishing boat and kill the crew.
In other words, the more deeply entangled he becomes, the freer he is.
That is that this is a case where the legal process and the political process have become entangled..
The influence of wages is more difficult to assess because cause and effect are entangled with one another.
They have, through happenstance, and the nature of urban life that crunches lives and experiences together, simply become entangled.
We have been entangled in the numbers game too long.

Longman Language Activatorwhen it is difficult to move something► can't move

especially spoken if you can't move , you are unable to move, for example because you are injured: · Elsie was so frightened that she couldn't move.can't move something: · I can't move my leg - I think it's broken.

► stuck

someone or something that is stuck is fixed or trapped in a particular position or place and cannot move or be moved: · I can't open the window - it's stuck.stuck in/at/between etc: · The elevator was stuck between two floors.get stuck (=become stuck): · They tried to drive through the snow, but the car got stuck.stuck in traffic: · Sorry I'm late. I got stuck in traffic.

► jammed

something that is jammed cannot be moved because it is trapped between two surfaces or trapped between parts of a machine: · The drawer's jammed - I can't get it open.jammed in/under/between etc: · The paper has got jammed in the printer again.

► stiff

if your fingers, back, neck, legs etc are stiff , it is difficult and usually painful for you to move them: · I woke up with a stiff neck this morning.· After a twelve hour plane ride, my back was stiff and sore.feel stiff: · I felt really stiff after playing basketball last week.

► paralysed

British /paralyzed American when it is difficult or impossible to move your body: completely/partially paralyzed: · A car crash in 1997 left him completely paralysed.paralysed with: · Deborah stood at the side of the stage, paralyzed with fear.

► stranded

unable to move or be moved from a place: · After the flood, hundreds of stranded vehicles lined the roads.stranded on/in/at etc: · Whales occasionally swim too close to shore and become stranded in the shallow water.leave somebody stranded: · My car broke down, and I was left stranded by the side of the road.

► entangled

also caught up British if two or more things are entangled or caught up , they are completely twisted together so that they cannot move or separate: entangled in: · His hands were entangled in the ropes.· My glasses were caught up in my hair and I couldn't take them off.become/get entangled/caught up (in): · A child swimming in the river had become entangled in the weeds and been drowned.· Our umbrellas got caught up as we tried to squeeze past each other.

► won't budge/can't budge something

if something won't budge , or you can't budge it, you cannot move it even though you try very hard: · Could you give me a hand with this box? It won't budge.· The dresser was so heavy that I couldn't even budge it.not budge (something) an inch: · I tried to raise the window, but it wouldn't budge an inch.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► get entangled

Small animals can get entangled in the net.

► get entangled

fears that the US could get entangled in another war

► become entangled

I didn’t want to become entangled with my best friend’s wife.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► become

· They have, through happenstance, and the nature of urban life that crunches lives and experiences together, simply become entangled.· That is that this is a case where the legal process and the political process have become entangled...· J., we become so entangled in the tale that its considerable length is hardly noticeable.· From the 1950s onward, these goals became increasingly entangled.· On a long pass route, the legs of Michael Irvin and Rod Woodson became entangled.· They become entangled in national budgetary squabbles or bogged down with environmental concerns.

► get

· Unfortunately small animals such as hedgehogs can get entangled in the net, and removing it to pick the fruit can be tricky.· But the more involved they get, the more entangled they become.· One arm kept getting entangled in the sheets, until he began to think that she was playing a trick on him.