a twisted mass of threads, hair, etc. that cannot be easily separated （线、毛发等的）缠结的一团，乱团，乱糟糟的一堆 Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancec2This string's in a tangle. 绳子缠成了一团。 a dense tangle of undergrowth 一片密密匝匝的下层灌木丛 - (figurative)
I had to pick my way through the tangle of bodies. 我不得不奋力从一堆人中间穿过。 - (figurative)
a confused tangle of voices 一片嘈杂的声音
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- confused
- dense
- thick
- …
- mass
- get in/into
- sort out
- unravel
- …
- in a tangle
- tangle of
a lack of order; a confused state 混乱；纷乱 Extra ExamplesThe legal tangle was never really unravelled. 这起法律纠葛从来没有真正解决。 These arrests have created a diplomatic tangle. 这些逮捕造成了外交纠纷。 a complex tangle of loyalties 一堆乱七八糟的购物积分卡 He got into a tangle pronouncing her name. 他念她的名字时陷入了混乱。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- confused
- dense
- thick
- …
- mass
- get in/into
- sort out
- unravel
- …
- in a tangle
- tangle of
- (informal)
a disagreement or fight 纠纷；不和；争执；打架
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘entangle, catch in a tangle’): probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish dialect taggla ‘disarrange’.