| 单词 | tangled |
| 释义 | tangled (once / 806 pages) adj Tangled is an adjective that describes a confused mass. You're likely to hear tangled used most often when referring to hair. If it's tangled, you can't brush or comb through it. Other than discussing hair, tangled can be used to refer to anything that's jumbled up and confused. Like that tangled pile of wires behind your television and computer that you keep tripping over. Tangled can also mean something highly complicated or intricate, like the relationships between ex-wives, ex-husbands and stepchildren in a family. The word tangled is most famous for being included in a well-known literary quote from Sir Walter Scott's poem, "Marmion" — "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive." WORD FAMILYtangle: entangle, tangled, tangles, tangling, untangle+/disentangle: disentangled, disentanglement, disentangler, disentangles, disentangling/disentanglement: disentanglements/disentangler: disentanglers/entangle: disentangle, entangled, entanglement, entangles, entangling/entanglement: entanglements/untangle: untangled, untangles, untangling/untangling: untanglings USAGE EXAMPLESAre these outbursts designed to distract the press from his almost incomprehensibly tangled economic conflicts of interest? Slate(Dec 28, 2016) Jefferson’s feet appeared to get tangled with Durant’s on that last play. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Jefferson’s feet appeared to get tangled with Durant’s on that last play . Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1adj in a confused mass pushed back her tangled hair the tangled ropes Syn|Ant afoul, foul, fouled especially of a ship's lines etc enmeshed, intermeshedcaught as if in a mesh entangledtwisted together in a tangled mass knotty, snarled, snarlytangled in knots or snarls mattedtangled in a dense mass rootboundhaving the roots matted or densely tangled thrown, thrown and twistedtwisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread untangled not tangled disentangled, loosened, unsnarledstraightened out 2adj highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott Syn Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tortuous complex complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts |
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