intertwine
/ˌɪntəˈtwaɪn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɪntərˈtwaɪn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌin-tər-ˈtwīn/ (ame, mw)
intertwine — verb
- intertwinepresent simple I / you / we / they
- intertwineshe / she / it
- intertwinedpast simple
- intertwining-ing form
1. to wind several things around one another, or to link them so tightly that pulli
to wind several things around one another, or to link them so tightly that pulling them apart becomes hard — for example, vines wrapping a fence, or one family's history bound up with another's.
Thick green vines intertwine around the old garden fence every summer.
intransitive: things intertwine around [object]
Tanvi gently intertwined the red and gold threads to make a bracelet.
transitive: intertwine [object] to make something
The lives of the two families became deeply intertwined after the wedding.
In Otis's novel, the story of the city intertwines with the story of the river.
The dancers intertwined their arms and turned slowly under the stage lights.
- interweave
stresses a woven, criss-cross pattern more than a simple twist
- entwine
very close in meaning; slightly more literary and often about plants or arms
- interconnect
for abstract links between systems or ideas, not physical twisting
文法句型
intertwine with [something]
be intertwined
用法筆記
Frequently passive ('be intertwined') when the connection between two things is the main point rather than the act of twisting. The intertwined items are usually two or more of the same kind — threads, branches, lives, stories.