entangle

entangle
verb
  1. [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
  1. late Middle English (formerly also as intangle): from en-, in- (as an intensifier) + tangle
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