tangle
n[C]
1 confused mass (of string, hair, etc) (绳子、 毛发等的)乱团
brush the tangles out of a dog's fur 刷顺狗毛
The wool got in a fearful tangle. 毛线乱成了一团.
2 confused condition 混乱: His financial affairs are in such a tangle. 他的钱财是糊涂帐. tangle, v
1 [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p]
~ (sth) (up) (cause sth to) become twisted into a confused mass (使某物)乱作一团, 绞在一起
Her hair got all tangled up in the barbed wire fence. 她的头发让刺钢丝篱笆都给挂住了.
2 [Ipr] ~ with sb/sth become involved in a quarrel or fightwith sb/sth 与某人吵嘴或打架; 与某事有纠葛
I shouldn'ttangle with Peter -- he's bigger than you. 我不该与彼得纠缠--他比你块头大.
It's quite simple. You put a very hot, wet cloth on your shoulder for one minute. Then put a packet of frozen peas on the shoulder for one minute. And so on and so on.
很简单。你把一块很热的湿布敷在肩膀上一分钟。然后把一包冻豌豆敷在肩膀上一分钟。这样反复几次。
Once he had done this, he had been able to turn on the supply.
一旦他接上了接头,他就能够打开供气阀。
I realized that they would be very worried, but that they would trust our good sense, wherever we were.