entangled in/with something/someone involved with something or someone in a way that makes it difficult to escape:

2 a : to involve in a perplexing or troublesome situation became entangled in a lawsuit b : to make complicated the story is entangled with legends

一般现在时： entangles 现在分词： entangling 过去式： entangled 同义词 反义词 free

If one thing entangles itself with another, the two things become caught together very tightly. The blade of the oar had entangled itself with something in the water.

to make somebody/something become caught or twisted in something be/become entangled (in/with something) The bird had become entangled in the wire netting.

To involve in a complicated situation or in circumstances from which it is difficult to disengage: The country found itself entangled in a series of regional conflicts.

entangled, entangling to make tangled; ensnarl; intertwine. to involve in or as in a tangle; ensnare; enmesh. to be entangled by intrigue. to involve in difficulties. to confuse or perplex. Synonyms: …

Preoccupied speakers appear mentally entangled in their attachment experiences, for example, by failing to remain on topic or taking excessively long conversational turns.

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

If something is entangled in something such as a rope, wire, or net, it is caught in it very firmly. [...] 2. If you become entangled in problems or difficulties, you become involved in problems or …