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語源

From 中期英語 entanglen (“to involve [someone] in difficulty”, “to embarrass”). Equivalent to en- +‎ tangle.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ɪnˈtaŋ.ɡəl/, IPA: /ɛnˈtaŋ.ɡəl/, [ɛnˈtaŋ.ɡl̩]
• (General American) IPA: /ɪnˈtæŋ.ɡəl/, /ɛnˈtaŋ.ɡəl/

動詞

entangle (third-person singular simple present entangles, present participle entangling, simple past and past participle entangled)

1. (transitive) To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated.

   Synonyms: enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl; see also Thesaurus:tangle

   Antonyms: disentangle, unsnarl; see also Thesaurus:untangle

   The dolphins became entangled in a fishing net.

2. (transitive) To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.

   Antonym: disentangle

3. (transitive, figuratively) To ensnare.

   Synonyms: perplex, bewilder, puzzle; see also Thesaurus:confuse

   Antonyms: disentangle, resolve, unpuzzle; see also Thesaurus:solve

   • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Madeleine”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, stanza 3, page 19:

     But when I turn away, / Thou, willing me to stay, / Wooest not, nor vainly wranglest; / But, looking fixedly the while, / All my bounding heart entanglest, / In a golden-netted smile; […]

4. (transitive) To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.

   Synonyms: implicate, involve

   Antonym: disentangle

派生語

関連する語

• entanglement
• entangler
• entangling

参照

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “entangle”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “entangle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• entangel