disentangle
verb[T]
uk/ˌdɪs.ɪnˈtæŋ.ɡəl/us/ˌdɪs.ɪnˈtæŋ.ɡəl/toseparatethings that havebecomejoinedorconfused:
使脱离;使摆脱;分开;理顺,分清It'sdifficultto disentangle hardfactfrommyth, ortruthfromlies.要分清事实与神话、真理与谎言并不是一件容易的事。
Itriedto disentangle thewiresunder mydesk.我试图将桌下缠在一起的电线分开。
Synonym
extricateformal
Separating and dividing
- apheresis
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- clove
- dissociateyourselffromsomething
- dissociation
- disunite
- disunity
- divide/split(something)down the middleidiom
- fracture
- hive
- parcel
- polarized
- polarizer
- prophase
- pull
- pullsomething/someoneapart
- unravel