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

• 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。
• They report that minimal gradual memory declines were seen in the absence of tangles, while Lewy bodies and strokes doubled the rate of gradual memory loss.
  他们报告微小逐渐的记忆力下降被发现存在纤维丛，当路易小体和中风将逐渐记忆力下降的速率加倍时。
• Not all dementia is caused by plaque and tangles ( stroke is a leading cause), and not all plaque and tangles lead to dementia.
  斑块和神经纤维缠结也并非一定导致痴呆。
• Scientists have moved away from plaque and tangles in the brain toward developing better treatments for the disease.
  科学家关于阿尔茨海默病的研究重心已从病理学的神经纤维斑块和纤维缠结转向研究更好的治疗措施。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Still, she seems to be able to hold her own when she tangles with Damon ( Ian Somerhalder). In fact, she gets the upper hand when she steals his daylight ring.
  和达蒙纠缠的时候她依然能招架住，事实上她还占了上风，她偷走了达蒙的日光戒指。
• Treatments are being developed to prevent the accumulation of cerebral plaques and tangles or to desegregate them once they are present.
  目前正在开发的治疗手段旨在阻止大脑中斑块和缠结的蓄积，或者当它们产生时能够被清除。
• 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。