fankle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tangled condition.
    — But sometimes they didn't go the way they should - and jammed, and each one behind it started to jam too, and I had to work like a madman to catch up, before the anchor-chain fouled into a fankle […]
动词 v.
  1. To tangle or entangle. ambitransitive

词形变化

fankles present,singular,third-person fankling participle,present fankled participle,past fankled past fankles plural

词源

词源 1
From Scots fankle, (compare English fangle), equivalent to fank (“coil, noose, vang”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Doublet of fangle.
词源 2
From Scots fankle, (compare English fangle), equivalent to fank (“coil, noose, vang”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Doublet of fangle.
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