tangle
A tangled twisted massA tangled twisted mass.
» A long piece of thread easily becomes tangled up.
Значение
значений: 9A tangled twisted mass.
Wirrwarr
пу́таницаpútanica, неразбери́хаnerazberíxa, беспоря́докbesporjádok
a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
A complicated or confused state or condition.
I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere.
Gewirr
клубо́кklubók
something jumbled or confused
An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
Rangelei
ссо́раssóra
A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
A paired helical fragment of tau protein found in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease.
A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
(исчисляемое, во множественном числе, неисчисляемое)An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
(Шотландия, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person.
Примеры
предложений: 43A long piece of thread easily becomes tangled up.
The cat tangled up all the threads.
Кот спутал все нитки.
deDie Katze hat sämtliche Fäden verheddert.
Don't pull, or you'll tangle the threads.
Не дёргай, а не то спутаешь нитки.
Her hair is tangled.
Её волосы спутаны.
deIhre Haare sind verfilzt.
My hair is tangled.
У меня спутались волосы.
Переводы
языков: 6По значениям 3
По значениям 3
Происхождение
From Middle English tanglen, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Swedish taggla (“tFrom Middle English tanglen, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Swedish taggla (“to disorder”), Old Norse þǫngull, þang (“tangle; seaweed”), see Etymology 2 below.
Of North Germanic origin, such as Danish tang or Swedish tång, from Old Norse þongull, þang. See also Norwegian tongul, Faroese tongul, Icelandic þöngull.
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