entangle
verb[Tusually passive]
uk/ɪnˈtæŋ.ɡəl/us/ɪnˈtæŋ.ɡəl/tocausesomething tobecomecaughtin something such as anetorropes:
(用网、绳等)缠住,套住Thedolphinhadbecomeentangledin/withthefishingnets.海豚被渔网缠住了。
entangled in/withsomething/someone
involvedwith something or someone in a way that makes itdifficulttoescape:
卷入;陷入;与…发生纠葛He went to theshoptobuybread, and got entangled with acarnivalparade.
Capturing or taking possession of things
- -grabbing
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrogate
- at bayidiom
- cage
- capture
- catch
- clutch
- collar
- corner
- get/lay/putyourhands onsomeoneidiom
- grab
- grabber
- grasp atsomething
- repo man
- seize
- sequester
- sequestration
- snag