vt.

1. 使糾結，使糾纏[（+up）]
   The little girl tangled the yarn her mother was knitting.

   小女孩把她媽媽在編結的毛線弄得糾結在一起了。

2. 使捲入；使陷入[H]
   Do you know how he got tangled in the quarrel?

   你知道他是怎麼捲入爭吵的嗎？

3. 使混亂；使困惑
   The power failure had tangled traffic in the city.

   斷電使該城的交通陷入混亂。

vi.

1. 糾結，纏結
   Long hair tangles easily.

   長髮容易纏結。

2. 亂作一團
3. 【口】吵架，爭論[（+with）]
   If I were you, I wouldn't tangle with them.

   我要是你，我就不跟他們爭吵。

n.[C]

1. 糾結；紛亂；混亂
   Her thoughts were in a tangle.

   她的思想陷入混亂之中。

2. 亂糟糟的一團[S][（+of）]
   There is a tangle of ropes on the deck.

   甲板上有一團亂繩。

3. 【口】糾紛，口角[（+with）]
   The boys got into a tangle over the rules of the game.

   男孩子們在比賽規則上發生了爭吵。

v.

1. twist together into a confused mass.
2. (tangle with) informal become involved in a conflict with.

n.

1. a confused mass of something twisted together.
   ▸a confused or complicated state.
2. informal a fight or argument.

n.