tangle — 英語辞典

動詞

1. To mix together or intertwine.

   用法

   • 他動詞

   同義語

   entangleknotmatsnarl

2. To become mixed together or intertwined.

   用法

   • 自動詞

   同義語

   disheveltousle

   反義語

   untangleunsnarl

   例文

   Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind.

   その他の例文 (1)

   By the afternoon it seemed as if the storm had passed and that frost was setting in; but in the evening the wind rose to gale force, bringing telegraph poles down like skittles and tangling power and telephone lines.

3. To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.

   用法

   • 比喩的
   • 自動詞

   同義語

   argueconflictdisputefight

   例文

   Don't tangle with someone three times your size.

   He tangled with the law.

   その他の例文 (2)

   Compared to the last time they'd tangled with the U.S. Navy's carriers, the antiaircraft fire had been much, much more effective, even if the Wildcats hadn't done particularly well in their intercepts. They couldn't know it, of course, but the officer aboard Enterprise who'd recommended recarpeting the ship with 20-mm Oerlikons had, at least partially, been listened to, and the effect on the Japanese Navy's elite aircrews had been devastating.

   After a few attempts at counseling, they separated in January 2015. Since then, they have tangled in the courts.

4. To catch and hold.

   用法

   • 他動詞

   同義語

   ensnareentrap

   例文

   tangled in amorous nets

   When my simple weakness strays, / Tangled in forbidden ways.

   その他の例文 (3)

   This is a book about the potential for the reclamation, reform, and enlightened transformation of the most expansive elements of the liberal tradition— that social and economic justice remain tangled in liberalism's web of pretentious institutions and betrayed promises is the reason for this battle from within.

   He spent the night at a friend's place unable to sleep and wondering how he got himself tangled in this mess.

   Why else would she have tangled him in spells of illusion to get him to keep her company?

名詞

1. A tangled twisted mass.

2. A complicated or confused state or condition.

   例文

   I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere.

   その他の例文 (1)

   Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.

3. An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.

4. A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.

5. A paired helical fragment of tau protein found in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease.

6. A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.

名詞

1. Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.

   用法

   • 可算
   • 不可算

   例文

   […] if with thee the roaring wells ⁠Should gulf him fathom-deep in brine; ⁠And hands so often clasp’d in mine, Should toss with tangle and with shells.

   You've never smelled the tangle o' the Isles.

2. An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.

   用法

   • 可算
   • in-plural
   • 不可算

3. Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person.

   用法

   • Scotland
   • 可算
   • 不可算

名詞

1. a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven

   上位語

   natural object

   例文

   they carved their way through the tangle of vines

2. something jumbled or confused

   同義語

   snarlmaze

   上位語

   perplexity

   例文

   a tangle of government regulations

動詞

1. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

   同義語

   embroilsweepsweep updragdrag in

   上位語

   involve

   例文

   They were swept up by the events

   don't drag me into this business

2. tangle or complicate

   同義語

   ravelknot

   上位語

   intertwinetwineentwineenlaceinterlacelace

   例文

   a ravelled story

3. disarrange or rumple; dishevel

   同義語

   tousledishevel

   上位語

   disarrange

   例文

   The strong wind tousled my hair

4. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

   同義語

   entanglematsnarl

   上位語

   twisttwinedistort

   例文

   The child entangled the cord