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.
They killed the bison, cut off the skins and left the bodies behind to rot.
他们把野牛杀死剥皮,尸体就任其腐烂。
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as shakespeare, wrote these words, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to read