entangle

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• ① 使纠缠(★常用被动式)
  • Her long hair got [became] entangled.她的长发纠缠在一起。

• ② 缠住(★常用被动式)
  • His fishline got entangled in the seaweed.他的钓丝在海草里缠住了。
  • He entangled himself in the net.他给网缠住了。

• ③ 牵连,使陷于(困难等)<in, with>
  • entangle a person in a plot使某人卷入阴谋中
  • Tom entangled himself in debt.汤姆陷于债务中。
  • He was entangled with a crook.他跟一个骗子有牵连。