twist together into a confused mass
纠结
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the broom somehow got tangled up in my long skirt. 扫帚不知怎么和我的长裙缠在一起了。
[no obj.](
〈非正式〉 和…发生冲突,和…发生纠纷
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they usually come a cropper when they tangle with the heavy mobs. 他们和大群流氓打架的时候常常以惨败告终。
a confused mass of something twisted together
缠结
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a tangle of golden hair. 一团缠结在一起的金发。
a confused or complicated state; a muddle
混乱的局面。
〈非 正式〉 打架;争论;分歧。
any of a number of brown seaweeds, especially oarweed
大型棕色海藻(尤指昆布)。
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a tangled web a complex, difficult, and confusing situation or thing 错综复杂的局面(或东西) -
[ORIGIN from ‘O what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive' (Scott's
Marmion ).]
"Middle English (in the sense ‘entangle, catch in a tangle’): probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish dialect