ravel

中文： 纠缠、拆开、使复杂化

1. To entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle. (transitive)
2. Often followed by up: to form (something) out of discrete elements, like weaving fabric from threads; to knit. (figuratively, transitive)
3. To unwind (a reel of thread, a skein of yarn, etc.); to pull apart (cloth, a seam, etc.); to fray, to unpick, to unravel; also, to pull out (a string of yarn, a thread, etc.) from a piece of fabric, or a skein or reel. (transitive)
4. To confuse or perplex (someone or something). (figuratively, transitive)
5. In the APL programming language: to reshape (a variable) into a vector. (transitive)
6. Often followed by out: of a reel of thread or skein of yarn; or a thread on a reel or a string of yarn in a skein, etc.: to become untwisted or unwound. (intransitive)
7. Often followed by out: of clothing, fabric, etc.: to become unwoven; to fray, to unravel. (figuratively, intransitive)

He/she/it ravels · 过去式 raveled · 过去分词 raveled · -ing形式 raveling