| 单词 | entangle |
| 释义 | entangle (once / 624 pages) v To entangle is to snarl, intertwine with, or get caught in. Too often, dolphins entangle themselves in large fishing nets meant to catch tuna or swordfish. If you mean to trip your brother, you can entangle your leg around his, and when long-haired people don't brush it for days, it will snarl and entangle itself. A figurative way to entangle is to get caught up in a complicated situation: "I didn't mean to entangle you in this mess with my roommates!" Entangle's roots are en-, "put in" or "cause to be" and tangle, or "snarl." WORD FAMILYentangle: disentangle, entangled, entanglement, entangles, entangling+/disentangle: disentangled, disentanglement, disentangler, disentangles, disentangling/disentanglement: disentanglements/disentangler: disentanglers/entanglement: entanglements/tangle: entangle, tangled, tangles, tangling, untangle/untangle: untangled, untangles, untangling/untangling: untanglings USAGE EXAMPLESBrown soon was entangled in litigation accusing him of being a District slumlord. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) Or, “I became entangled with a flotilla of jellyfish on a European holiday.” The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Their cases are entangled now in a series of lawsuits in federal court. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1v twist together or entwine into a confusing mass The child entangled the cord Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper mat, snarl, tangle disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl extricate from entanglement felt mat together and make felt-like enmesh, ensnarl, meshentangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh distort, twine, twist form into a spiral shape 2v entrap Syn|Hyper mire involve engage as a participant |
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