[with obj.](一般作 be entangled)cause to become twisted together with or caught in 缠住,使受到纠缠 fish attempt to swim through the mesh and become entangled. 鱼试图游过网眼,结果被网缠住。 ■involve (someone) in difficulties or complicated circumstances from which it is difficult to escape 使陷入困境;使卷入复杂事情 the case of murder in which she had found herself so painfully entangled. 她发现自己极其不幸地牵连进的那宗谋杀案。
语源
late Middle English (formerly also as intangle): from en-, in- (as an intensifier) + tangle