tangle
n[C]
1 confused mass (of string, hair, etc) (繩子、 毛發等的)亂團
brush the tangles out of a dog's fur 刷順狗毛
The wool got in a fearful tangle. 毛線亂成了一團.
2 confused condition 混亂: His financial affairs are in such a tangle. 他的錢財是糊涂帳. tangle, v
1 [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p]
~ (sth) (up) (cause sth to) become twisted into a confused mass (使某物)亂作一團, 絞在一起
Her hair got all tangled up in the barbed wire fence. 她的頭發讓刺鋼絲籬笆都給掛住了.
2 [Ipr] ~ with sb/sth become involved in a quarrel or fightwith sb/sth 與某人吵嘴或打架; 與某事有糾葛
I shouldn'ttangle with Peter -- he's bigger than you. 我不該與彼得糾纏--他比你塊頭大.