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tangle v.缠结；n.纷乱 tangle (n.) 1610s, "a tangled condition, a snarl of threads," from tangle (v.).tangle (v.) mid-14c., nasalized variant of tagilen "to involve in a difficult situation, entangle," from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Swedish taggla "to disorder," Old Norse þongull "seaweed"), from Proto-Germanic *thangul- (cognates: Frisian tung, Dutch tang, German Tang "seaweed"); thus the original sense of the root evidently was "seaweed" as something that entangles (itself, or oars, or fishes, or nets). "The development of such a verb from a noun of limited use like tangle 1 is somewhat remarkable, and needs confirmation" [Century Dictionary]. In reference to material things, from c.1500. Meaning "to fight with" is American English, first recorded 1928. Related: Tangled; tangling. Tanglefoot (1859) was Western American English slang for "strong whiskey." 【记】音：探戈，跳这种舞的男女总是纠缠在一起；音：弹勾，弹簧与勾子纠缠在一起；

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['tæŋgl] 【英】 v./n. 缠结( become a confused mass of disordered and twisted threads);纷乱(a confused disordered state)【考】 conundrum : solve / tangle : unravel(解决难题/解开纠缠) v. /n. 使混乱, 使纠纷(将...混成或扭结成乱糟糟的一团) = snarl【类】conundrum: solve = tangle: unravel解决难题 = 解开纠缠

单词	tangle
音标	['tæŋgl]
解释	v.缠结；n.纷乱
红宝书	【英】 v./n. 缠结( become a confused mass of disordered and twisted threads);纷乱(a confused disordered state) 【考】 conundrum : solve / tangle : unravel(解决难题/解开纠缠)
字源	tangle (n.) 1610s, "a tangled condition, a snarl of threads," from tangle (v.). tangle (v.) mid-14c., nasalized variant of tagilen "to involve in a difficult situation, entangle," from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Swedish taggla "to disorder," Old Norse þongull "seaweed"), from Proto-Germanic *thangul- (cognates: Frisian tung, Dutch tang, German Tang "seaweed"); thus the original sense of the root evidently was "seaweed" as something that entangles (itself, or oars, or fishes, or nets). "The development of such a verb from a noun of limited use like tangle 1 is somewhat remarkable, and needs confirmation" [Century Dictionary]. In reference to material things, from c.1500. Meaning "to fight with" is American English, first recorded 1928. Related: Tangled; tangling. Tanglefoot (1859) was Western American English slang for "strong whiskey."
不择手段背单词	v. /n. 使混乱, 使纠纷(将...混成或扭结成乱糟糟的一团) = snarl 【类】conundrum: solve = tangle: unravel解决难题 = 解开纠缠
趣味全助记	【记】音：探戈，跳这种舞的男女总是纠缠在一起；音：弹勾，弹簧与勾子纠缠在一起；

Tangle Confused Disordered Solve Snarl American Tæŋgl V.缠结；N.纷乱