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entwined

/en-twahyn/US // ɛnˈtwaɪn //UK // (ɪnˈtwaɪn) //

盘根错节,盘根错节的,纠缠在一起的,交织在一起的

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  1. 1

    en·twined, en·twin·ing.

    • : to twine with, about, around, or together.

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Examples

  • Whatever we find, there’s no question the fates of life on Earth and our nearest neighbor have been entwined since nearly the beginning.

  • The vine and the ceremony are deeply entwined with South American indigenous religions of the Amazon.

  • She must think—it is hardly paranoia, but only the truth—that Christian worship has become entwined with local governance.

  • At the door a couple is entwined on the floor blocking my departure from the suite.

  • When in high school the Waters moved down the street, John and Glenn became “two entwined pieces of energy,” as a friend said.

  • “In my case, for better or worse, they are inextricably entwined,” Sanford said.

  • Sweeter, more dainty were these little, begrimed kids with their arms entwined around one another's waists.

  • About the head of the second youth were twisted a few broken and empty ears of corn, entwined with faded grass-stalks.

  • So intimately entwined are these two natures, these twin struggling impulses, that they often remain confused and inseparable.

  • One hand lay at her throat, a rosary entwined in her fingers and the silver flash of a crucifix.

  • It has survived in India under the form of two serpents entwined, probably introduced in the track of Alexander the Great.