intertwine

/ˌɪntəˈtwaɪn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɪntərˈtwaɪn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌin-tər-ˈtwīn/ (ame, mw)

intertwine — 動詞

  • 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

1.動詞及物 / 不及物C1
釋義

交織；纏繞

彼此纏繞或緊密相連而難以分開

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.

例句

Thick green vines intertwine around the old garden fence every summer.

每年夏天，濃密的綠色藤蔓都會纏繞在老舊的花園圍籬上。

intransitive: things intertwine around [object]

Tanvi gently intertwined the red and gold threads to make a bracelet.

Tanvi 輕輕地將紅線和金線交織在一起，做成一條手環。

transitive: intertwine [object] to make something

同義詞
  • 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

反義詞
  • separate

    to move two joined things apart

  • untangle

    specifically to undo a twisted or knotted state

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.

常見錯誤

❌She intertwined the thread.
✅She intertwined the two threads.
💡intertwine needs two or more things to wind around each other, so a single object sounds incomplete.