tangled
a. 纠缠, 紊乱

[] 复, 缠, 繁乱



tangled
[ adj ]

1. in a confused mass

<adj.all>
pushed back her tangled hair
the tangled ropes

2. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

<adj.all>
the Byzantine tax structure
Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship
convoluted legal language
convoluted reasoning
the plot was too involved
a knotty problem
got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
Oh, what a tangled web we weave
tortuous legal procedures
tortuous negotiations lasting for months

Tangle \Tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tangled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tangling}.] [A frequentative fr. tang seaweed; hence, to
twist like seaweed. See {Tang} seaweed, and cf. {Tangle}, n.]
1. To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or
interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to
unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.

2. To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in
lies. ``Tangled in amorous nets.'' --Milton.

When my simple weakness strays,
Tangled in forbidden ways. --Crashaw.