ravel

英['rævl]美['rævl]
  • v. 开线；弄清楚；解决；使纠缠；使错综复杂
  • n. 松开；松开的线；混乱
  • Ravel.
  • n. 拉威尔（人名）

    • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    来自荷兰语ravelen，解开，缠绕，来自rafel，碎毛线，碎线。词义的矛盾性可能是来自碎毛线一松开就缠绕在一起。常见于复合词unravel，解开。
      verb(动词)
      1. [ T ] 解开（线团等）
      2. [ I or T ] 使…更迷惑;使…更复杂

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. [ T ] 解开（线团等）

      It took Daisy a long time to ravel out all the wool.

      黛西花了很长时间才把所有的毛线解开。

    2. [ I or T ] 使…更迷惑;使…更复杂

      Mark's interference merely ravelled things further.

      马克的介入只是让事情更复杂了。

    小知识

    Ravel is a contronym, a word that has two meanings that are the opposite of each other. Confusingly, ravel can mean both “tangle” and “untangle.” It's perfectly understandable to tangle up the meanings of ravel!

    If you work to ravel yarn into a neat ball, your cat may come along and try to ravel it again. How can a word mean both one thing and its opposite? In the case of ravel, the answer is sewing: As threads come unwoven from a cloth, they become tangled on each other. Since untangling is never far from tangling, ravel covers both meanings.

    实用短语

    1. maurice ravel

      拉威尔

    2. ravel-proof piping

      防散脱滚边

    3. ravel subbase with cement stabilization

      水泥稳定砂砾底基层

    常用短语

    1. ravel out

      解决；解除；解开

    单词用法

    词组短语
    ravel out解决；解除；解开；

    同义词

    run  /  knot

    同根词

    词根：ravel

    n.

    raveling纠缠；被拆散的东西

    v.

    raveling纠缠；解开；剥落（ravel的ing形式）