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

• 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。
• Fewer investors trust the judgment of ratings agencies since their tangles over mortgage-backed securities, and as a result want another outsider to evaluate risk.
  自从在住房抵押贷款证券上被套牢后，很少有投资者还会继续信任评级机构的判断，他们希望有其他的外部机构加入进来评估风险。
• Objective To explore the characteristics of appraisement of medical tangles and the evaluation principles of contributed degree of medical negligences.
  目的探讨医疗纠纷因果关系鉴定案例的特点及医疗过失参与度的评定原则。
• It is such a comfort to drop the tangles of life into God's hands and leave them there.
  把一团乱麻的人生，交到神的手里，让祂去处理，岂不是无上的安慰。
• 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。
• Long hair tangles easily.
  长头发容易缠结。
• Some are using high-powered imaging studies to examine people's brains to look for characteristic plaques and tangles while they are still alive.
  一些研究者使用高能成像系统来检查人脑，以此寻找尚存活患者脑中的蛋白特征斑及蛋白团。
• Sheep, Scotland: Tangles of seaweed lure a flock of sheep from Iona's green slopes down to the beach for a mineral-rich graze.
  苏格兰：绵羊，从爱奥那岛的绿色山坡向下一直到海边，一堆堆乱糟糟的海草因其富含矿物质而吸引了一群绵羊前来吃草。
• 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。
• Segmentation of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles is crucial to pathological analysis of Alzheimer's disease.
  老年斑和神经元缠结的分割提取对于阿尔茨海默症病理研究有重要的意义。