tangle

缠结、乱成一团

She spent ten minutes combing the tangles out of her hair.

她花了十分钟把头发上的缠结梳开。

纠葛、混乱、纠纷

The company is caught in a legal tangle over unpaid taxes.

公司因欠税陷入法律纠葛。

使缠结、纠结、打结

The headphone cords always tangle at the bottom of my bag.

耳机线总是在我包包底部缠成一团。

缠住、绊住常用被动

A sea turtle was tangled in an abandoned fishing net.

一只海龟被废弃的渔网缠住了。

与…争执、与…交手口语

You don't want to tangle with the building manager over parking.

你可不会想为了停车位跟大楼管理员起争执。