unraveled
v. (unravel 的过去式和过去分词)
1. 解开,拆散:把纠缠在一起的线、绳等解开;使松散。
· She unraveled the tangled threads.
她解开了纠缠在一起的线。
2. 弄清楚,解释:弄清楚事物的真相或原因。
· The detective unraveled the mystery.
侦探揭开了谜团。
例句
The child unraveled grandma's knitting.
孩子把奶奶的毛线拆散了。
Studying the fruit fly, a household nuisance but a time-honored experimental subject, has enabled the secrets of how embryos develop to begin to be unraveled by scientists.
果蝇在家中招人讨厌,但却是一个历史悠久的实验对象。通过研究果蝇,科学家们得以揭开胚胎发育的秘密。
Slums were born; society unraveled.
贫民窟诞生了,社会被分解了。