ADJECTIVE | ... OF TANGLES | VERB + TANGLE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤confused一團混亂▸➤dense, thick密密匝匝的/亂蓬蓬的一團◇a dense tangle of undergrowth一片密密匝匝的下層灌木叢➤complex, vast複雜的糾結;巨大的混亂◇a complex tangle of loyalties一堆亂七八糟的購物積分卡➤legal法律糾葛... OF TANGLES➤mass (especially NAmE) 一片糾結◇Her hair was a mass of tangles.她的頭髮亂蓬蓬的。VERB + TANGLE➤get in/into陷入混亂◇He got into a tangle with his budget figures.他被預算數字攪得焦頭爛額。➤sort out, unravel理清頭緒;解開糾結◇The legal tangle was never really unravelled / unraveled.這起法律糾葛從未得到真正解決。➤brush out, remove梳理開糾結;去掉混亂◇She brushed the tangles out of her hair.她梳理好亂蓬蓬的頭髮。➤run your fingers through用手指梳理◇She ran her fingers through the tangles in her hair.她用手指梳理蓬亂的頭髮。➤fight (your way) through, pick (your way) through, work (your way) through(自己)努力解決糾結◇I had to pick my way through the tangle of bodies.我不得不奮力從一堆人中間穿過。PREPOSITION➤in a tangle處於混亂中◇This string's in a tangle.繩子纏成了一團。➤tangle of一團◇a tangle of wires一團電線