ravel的意思

ravel

英式音标['rævl]
美式英标['ræv(ə)l]

基本解释

vt. 弄清；解开；使纠缠

vi. 散开；缠结

n. 纠结；错综复杂的一团

n. (Ravel)人名；(法)拉威尔

ravel 拆开，解开，卷入，混杂

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。

ravel (v.): 1580s, "to untangle, disentangle, unwind" (originally with out), also "to entangle, become tangled or confused," from Dutch ravelen "to tangle, fray," rafelen "to unweave," from rafel "frayed thread." The seemingly contradictory senses of this word (ravel and unravel are both synonyms and antonyms) are reconciled by its roots in weaving and sewing: as threads become unwoven, they get tangled.
ravel (n.): 1630s, "a tangle;" 1832, "a broken thread," from ravel (v.).