vt. 使纠缠, 使混乱, 拆开, 弄清

vi. 散开, 解除

n. 纠缠的一团, 散纱

Ravel \Rav"el\, v. i.
1. To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be
relieved of intricacy.

2. To fall into perplexity and confusion. [Obs.]

Till, by their own perplexities involved,
They ravel more, still less resolved. --Milton.

3. To make investigation or search, as by picking out the
threads of a woven pattern. [Obs.]

The humor of raveling into all these mystical or
entangled matters. --Sir W.
Temple.


Ravel \Rav"el\ (r[a^]v"'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raveled} (-'ld)
or {Ravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raveling} or {Ravelling}.]
[OD. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln,
reffeln.]
1. To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take
apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed
by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.

Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care.
--Shak.

2. To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.

3. To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them
fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make
intricate; to involve.

What glory's due to him that could divide
Such raveled interests? has the knot untied?
--Waller.

The faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and
indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or
raveled and entangled in weak discourses! --Jer.
Taylor.