英语单词 | unravel |
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英美音标 | 英 [ʌn'rævl] 美 [ʌn'rævl] |
中文释义 | v.解开;阐明;解释;破坏(计划、安排等) |
英语例句 | (1) My knitting has unravelled. (2) The baby unraveled its mother's knitting. (3) One wrong move and the reef could unravel in a day. (4) There is still a good deal to unravel. (5) The discovery will help scientists unravel the mystery of the Ice Age. (6) Police are trying to unravel the reason of their sudden disappearance. (7) The unity agreement began to unravel. |
中文例句 | (1) 我编织的东西散开了。 (2) 那婴儿将母亲的编织物拆散了。 (3) 一个措施不对,这块珊瑚礁就可能在一天之内分崩离析。 (4) 还有不少问题要澄清。 (5) 这一发现将有助于科学家揭开冰川时代的奥秘。 (6) 警察正在试图解释他们突然消失的原因。 (7) 使得这份联合声明开始出现破裂。 |
vocabulary简明 | However tempting, don't pull that straggly thread hanging from your sleeve. You'll just unravel or totally undo that hand knitted sweater. |
vocabulary扩展 | Something that's unraveled has been completely undone, whether it's a spool of thread, some knotty shoelaces, or your mental state after a long and frustrating day. You can also unravel a mystery by picking it apart, untangling the details or just following the trail of clues like a line of string. |
柯林斯解释 | in AM, use 美国英语用 unraveling, unraveled 1 [VERB 动词]崩溃;失败 If something such as a plan or system unravels, it breaks up or begins to fail. [V]
2 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]解开;拆散;(使)松开 If you unravel something that is knotted, woven, or knitted, or if it unravels, it becomes one straight piece again or separates into its different threads. [V n] [V]
3 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]揭开;揭示 If you unravel a mystery or puzzle, or if it unravels, it gradually becomes clearer and you can work out the answer to it. [V n] [V]
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