| 单词 | entwine |
| 释义 | entwine (once / 3876 pages) v To entwine is to twist and tangle or weave together. When you hold hands with someone, you entwine your fingers together. A long-haired girl can entwine flowers in her curls, and she might love it when her pet snake entwines around her arm. When you knit a scarf, you entwine different colors of yarn together. There is also a figurative way to entwine: "Ever since I met you, I knew that our lives would entwine together!" Entwine combines the prefix en-, "make," and twine, "twisted strands," from the Old English twin, "double thread." WORD FAMILYentwine: entwined, entwines, entwining+/intertwine: intertwined, intertwines, intertwining/twine: entwine, intertwine, twined, twiner, twines, twining, untwine/twiner: twiners/untwine: untwined, untwines, untwining USAGE EXAMPLESThat’s not so easy when the positives and negatives of technology are so deeply entwined. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) “Even when we were on the rocks, I knew that we would be forever entwined in each other’s lives,” she adds. Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) But the government's own financial fate, which is closely entwined with Sonangol, underscores the rough road ahead. Reuters(Nov 23, 2016) 1v spin, wind, or twist together Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper enlace, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine twine make by twisting together or intertwining untwine undo what has been twined together wind, wreathe form into a wreath wattleinterlace to form wattle plash, pleachinterlace the shoots of knot, ravel, tangletangle or complicate splicejoin by interweaving strands piecejoin during spinning distort, twine, twist form into a spiral shape 2v tie or link together Syn|Hypo|Hyper knit purl stitch make with purl stitches intertwine, loopmake a loop in crochet, hookmake a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle noosemake a noose in or of conjoin, join make contact or come together |
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