ravel
verb
formaluk/ˈræv.əl/us/ˈræv.əl/-ll-orUSusually-l-ravelverb(SEPARATE)
[T](alsoravelsomethingout)
toseparateaknot,massofthreads, etc. into asinglethreadorthreads:
解开(线团等)It took Daisy alongtimeto ravel out all thewool.黛西花了很长时间才把所有的毛线解开。
Separating and dividing
- apheresis
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- clove
- dissociate
- dissociateyourselffromsomething
- dissociation
- disunite
- disunity
- fracture
- hive
- parcel
- polarize
- polarized
- polarizer
- prophase
- pull
- unravel
ravelverb(CONFUSE)
[IorT](alsoravelsomethingup)
tobecomeor to make someone or somethingbecomemoreconfused:
使…更迷惑;使…更复杂Mark'sinterferencemerelyravelled thingsfurther.马克的介入只是让事情更复杂了。
Puzzle and confuse
- addle
- baffle
- bedazzle
- befuddle
- bemuse
- discombobulate
- disorientate
- dosomeone'shead inidiom
- flummox
- fox
- fuddle
- loop
- puzzle
- search
- throw
- throw(someone)a curve (ball)idiom
- throwsomeoneoff balanceidiom
- tie
- tiesomeone(up) in knotsidiom
- unbalance