tangles

英 [ˈtæŋɡlz]

美 [ˈtæŋɡlz]

n.  (线、毛发等的)缠结的一团，乱团，乱糟糟的一堆; 混乱; 纷乱; 纠纷; 不和; 争执; 打架
v.  使缠结; 纠结; 乱作一团
tangle的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 缠结;纠结;乱糟糟的一团
  Atangle ofsomething is a mass of it twisted together in an untidy way.
  1. A tangle of wires is all that remains of the computer and phone systems...
     原来的计算机和电话系统如今只剩下乱糟糟的一团电线。
  2. There he stood: hair in wild tangles, dark stubble shadowing his chin.
     他站在那儿，头发乱成一团，下巴上一片黑胡茬。
• V-ERG (使)缠绕;(使)缠结
  If somethingis tangledortangles, it becomes twisted together in an untidy way.
  1. Animals get tangled in fishing nets and drown...
     动物被缠进渔网里淹死了。
  2. She tried to kick the pajamas loose, but they were tangled in the satin sheet...
     她想把睡衣踢脱，可是它却和缎子床单绞到了一块。
  3. Lee and I fell in a tangled heap...
     李和我扭作一团，摔倒在地。
  4. Her hair tends to tangle...
     她的头发容易打结。
  5. He suggested that tangling fishing gear should be made a criminal offence.
     他提议，缠绕捕鱼器材应该算刑事犯罪。
• N-SING 混乱;纷乱;乱成一团
  You can refer to a confusing or complicated situation as atangle.
  1. I was thinking what a tangle we had got ourselves into.
     我在想，我们卷入了怎样的纷争之中。
  2. ...the tangle of domestic politics.
     国内政局的错综复杂
• VERB (思想、局势变得)纷乱，混乱
  If ideas or situationsare tangled, they become confused and complicated.
  1. The themes get tangled in Mr. Mahfouz's epic storytelling...
     马赫福兹先生讲述的故事过于宏大，主题有些混乱了。
  2. You are currently in a muddle where financial and emotional concerns are tangled together.
     你眼下头脑不清了，对于金钱和感情的忧虑交织在了一起。
• a tangled web→ see:web

双语例句

• Current research centres around tackling so-called tangles in the brain which are thought to "silt up" the brain's thought processes.
  当前，对这种病症的研究主要集中在大脑中的混乱物（即淀粉样蛋白，一种粘性蛋白）上，医学上认为它们阻塞了大脑的思路。
• It is much less effective for identifying the nerve fiber tangles and protein deposits called plaques that occur in the brains of patients with the disease.
  当鉴定发生于病人脑中的神经纤维缠结和称为色斑的沉积时，大脑成像的效率要低很多。
• To make woolen yarns the fibers are fed to the carding machine where the fiber assemblage is opened or separated, tangles are removed. Fibers are straightened to some degree and impurities are removed.
  生产粗梳毛纱时，将纤维喂入梳毛机。在梳毛机上，毛块被开松分离，纤维之间的纠缠被松解。
• Using the new method, TB bacteria are grown in a liquid, where they form characteristic tangles that are easily recognised under a microscope.
  在这种新的方法中，结核菌是在液体中培养的，它们在其中形成有特点的缠结，在显微镜下很容易识别。
• A decade ago, scientists created mice that developed the so-called plaques and tangles that accumulate in the brains of people with the disease.
  十几年前，科学家们创造了一种小鼠，能产生那些所谓的在患者脑内累积的斑块和纠结。
• Conclusion These results have great effects upon prevention of medical tangles and medicolegal expertise.
  结论该结果对医疗纠纷的防范及法医学司法鉴定有重要作用。
• Their hair grew long and ragged, in whirls of curls or in knots and tangles.
  头发长而乱，鬈曲打结，缠成一团。
• Eventually, brain cells are lost, and there is accumulation of abnormal peptides in plaques, as well as neurofibrillary tangles.
  最终，脑细胞会丢失，并且存在异常肽聚集板块以及神经纤维团。
• Tangles like this still interrupted their intercourse.
  像这类纠缠不清的误会仍然妨碍着他们的交情。
• At the top, in large affairs, life goes off almost inexplicable tangles of personalities.
  在最上层，在大企业里，忽然闹起了一些几乎无法解释的人物纠纷。