tangled

adj.

1. 缠结的；混乱的；紊乱的
   twisted together in an untidy way
   1. tangled hair/bed clothes
      凌乱的头发 / 床上用品
2. 复杂的；纠缠不清的
   complicated, and not easy to understand
   1. tangled financial affairs
      错综复杂的财务

1. N-COUNT 缠结;纠结;乱糟糟的一团
   A tangle of something is a mass of it twisted together in an untidy way.
   1. A tangle of wires is all that remains of the computer and phone systems...
      原来的计算机和电话系统如今只剩下乱糟糟的一团电线。
   2. There he stood: hair in wild tangles, dark stubble shadowing his chin.
      他站在那儿，头发乱成一团，下巴上一片黑胡茬。
2. V-ERG (使)缠绕;(使)缠结
   If something is tangled or tangles, it becomes twisted together in an untidy way.
   1. Animals get tangled in fishing nets and drown...
      动物被缠进渔网里淹死了。
   2. She tried to kick the pajamas loose, but they were tangled in the satin sheet...
      她想把睡衣踢脱，可是它却和缎子床单绞到了一块。
   3. Lee and I fell in a tangled heap...
      李和我扭作一团，摔倒在地。
   4. Her hair tends to tangle...
      她的头发容易打结。
   5. He suggested that tangling fishing gear should be made a criminal offence.
      他提议，缠绕捕鱼器材应该算刑事犯罪。
3. N-SING 混乱;纷乱;乱成一团
   You can refer to a confusing or complicated situation as a tangle .
   1. I was thinking what a tangle we had got ourselves into.
      我在想，我们卷入了怎样的纷争之中。
   2. ...the tangle of domestic politics.
      国内政局的错综复杂
4. VERB (思想、局势变得)纷乱，混乱
   If ideas or situations are tangled, they become confused and complicated.
   1. The themes get tangled in Mr. Mahfouz's epic storytelling...
      马赫福兹先生讲述的故事过于宏大，主题有些混乱了。
   2. You are currently in a muddle where financial and emotional concerns are tangled together.
      你眼下头脑不清了，对于金钱和感情的忧虑交织在了一起。
5. a tangled web → see: web

1. He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale
   他说那是一个非常曲折复杂的故事。
2. Her hair had loosened and was tangled around her shoulders.
   她的头发打了开来，散乱地披在肩上。
3. The wrong shampoo can leave curly hair in a tangled mess
   不合适的洗发水会使卷发纠结成乱糟糟的一团。
4. Life is a messy and tangled business
   生活就是一件既混乱又复杂的事情。
5. She was tangled in a snarl of logs and branches.
   她被困在一堆乱七八糟的木料和树枝中间。
6. Animals get tangled in fishing nets and drown
   动物被缠进渔网里淹死了。
7. She tried to kick the pajamas loose, but they were tangled in the satin sheet
   她想把睡衣踢脱，可是它却和缎子床单绞到了一块。
8. Lee and I fell in a tangled heap
   李和我扭作一团，摔倒在地。
9. The themes get tangled in Mr. Mahfouz's epic storytelling
   马赫福兹先生讲述的故事过于宏大，主题有些混乱了。
10. You are currently in a muddle where financial and emotional concerns are tangled together.
    你眼下头脑不清了，对于金钱和感情的忧虑交织在了一起。
11. Sheep kept getting tangled up in it and eventually the wire was removed
    不断有绵羊被那根铁丝缠住，最后就把它拆掉了。
12. The teeth are like razors. Once you get tangled up it will never let you go.
    其牙齿就像剃刀，一旦咬住你它就绝不会松开。
13. Politicians normally avoid getting tangled up in anything to do with their electorate's savings.
    政治家们通常都避免卷进任何与选民储蓄有关的事情里去。
14. The two threads got tangled up.
    这两股线缠在一起了。
15. The wires are all tangled up.
    电线都缠结在一起了。
16. In the old society, owing to cruel exploitation and succesive years of tangled warfare among warloads, the labouring people led a vagrant life.
    在旧社会，残酷的剥削和连年不断的军阀混战，使劳动人民过着颠沛流离的生活。
17. The thread has got tangled ( or got into a knot).
    线结成了疙瘩。
18. My hair's so tangled I can't comb it out.
    我的头发瞎得梳也梳不开了。
19. The thread is so tangled. I simply can't undo it.
    线乱成了一团，怎么也择不开了。
20. Don't get tangled up in that issue.
    别在那个问题上打圈子了。
21. The writing is tangled, utterly lacking in coherence.
    文笔错杂，毫无伦次。
22. The cat has tangled my wool.
    猫把我的毛线弄乱了。
23. We were caught in a tangled web of relationships.
    我们陷进了错综复杂的关系网。
24. And you don't want to get tangled up with that kind of crowd.
    你可不想和那些人纠缠在一起。
25. These wires have become tangled.
    这些电线缠结起来了。
26. The hedges are tangled with wild roses.
    篱笆上纠缠着野玫瑰。
27. He crouched down among the tangled foliage.
    他在一堆杂乱的树叶中间蹲了下来。
28. He had wild eyes and a mass of thick tangled hair.
    他的眼睛和野生大量的厚纠结的头发。
29. In the research of social sciences, description and appraisal are usually tangled together.
    在社会科学研究中，描述与评价时常是缠结在一起的。
30. His leg may have got tangled in a harpoon line.
    他的腿可能被鱼叉绳缠住了。