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unravel

C2 verb
us /ˌʌnˈɹævəl/

unravel /(ˌ)ʌnˈɹavəl/ nghĩa là gỡ rối

Các nghĩa

  1. gỡ rối

    To cause (something) to no longer be ravelled or tangled; to disentangle, to untangle.

    transitive

    Mother couldn’t unravel the ball of wool after the cat had played with it.

    [S]he taking as the watchword of his true patience, vnraueld the bottome [i.e., ball of thread] of her frailtie at length, […]

    So by thine offspring may repose be found, / As thou unravelest (thus to him I pray) / The knot in which my intellect is bound.

  2. tháo sợi

    To separate the threads of (something knitted or woven, such as clothing or fabric).

    transitive

    Stop playing with the seam of the tablecloth! You’ll unravel it.

    [B]e not like her who unravelleth into strands the thread which she had strongly spun, by taking your oaths with mutual perfidy.

  3. làm rối loạn

    To separate the connected or united parts of (something); to throw (something) into disorder; to confound, to confuse, to disintegrate.

    figuratively · transitive

    to unravel the broad consensus which was created

    to unravel the compromise achieved in the treaty

    Art ſhall be Conjur'd for it, / And Nature all unravel'ed.

  4. làm sáng tỏ

    To clear (something) from complication or difficulty; to investigate and solve (a mystery, a problem, etc.); to disentangle, to unfold, to work out.

    also · figuratively · reflexive · transitive

    to unravel the confusion    to unravel a plot

    You muſt unravell agen, and make your vvife / Beleeve you did but try her.

    [T]he poor gentleman grew distracted, and was breaking his brains day and night to understand and unravel their sense.

  5. rối ra

    To become no longer ravelled or tangled.

    intransitive

  6. bung sợi

    Of threads: to become separated from something knitted or woven, such as clothing or fabric; also, of something knitted or woven: to separate into threads; to come apart.

    intransitive

    [T]he burning threads / Of woven cloud unravel in pale air: […]

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  1. sụp đổ

    Of a thing: to have its connected or united parts separated; to be thrown into disorder; to become confused or undone; to collapse.

    figuratively · intransitive

    In an Eternity, vvhat Scenes ſhall ſtrike? / Adventures thicken? Novelties ſurprize? / VVhat VVebs of VVonder ſhall unravel, there?

    As if someone had cut the key string of a net, they all unravelled and disappeared—those tranquillities.

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