tangle
n[C]
1 confused mass (of string, hair, etc) (绳子、 毛发等的)乱团
brush the tangles out of a dog's fur 刷顺狗毛
The wool got in a fearful tangle. 毛线乱成了一团.
2 confused condition 混乱: His financial affairs are in such a tangle. 他的钱财是糊涂帐. tangle, v
1 [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p]
~ (sth) (up) (cause sth to) become twisted into a confused mass (使某物)乱作一团, 绞在一起
Her hair got all tangled up in the barbed wire fence. 她的头发让刺钢丝篱笆都给挂住了.
2 [Ipr] ~ with sb/sth become involved in a quarrel or fightwith sb/sth 与某人吵嘴或打架; 与某事有纠葛
I shouldn'ttangle with Peter -- he's bigger than you. 我不该与彼得纠缠--他比你块头大.
Today Ellis Island is a museum, showing the roots of America's new citizens, who came from all the corners of the earth.
今天,埃利斯岛成了一座博物馆,展示着来自世界各地的美国新公民的根源。
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