把纏住的東西拆開（看得見的）
這一組就是核心畫面本身，沒有轉彎。差別只在你的眼睛看著哪裡：看著那些結，還是看著被困住的那一個。
verb · C1
To undo the knots and twists in rope, string, hair, wires or anything similar, so that the parts lie loose and separate again.
解開（纏結）
核心畫面
Picture a handful of string that has itself into one lump. You hold it up, find a loose end, and work the knots open until every line lies separate again. That patient pulling-apart is what disentangle does, and it works the same way whatever is tangled: a kite string, a bird caught in a net, two facts nobody can tell apart any more, or a person wound into a situation they cannot easily leave.
可以想成手上有一團打結的線。你找到一個線頭，把結一個一個弄開，直到每一條都各自分明。disentangle 做的就是…更多收起
可以想成手上有一團打結的線。你找到一個線頭，把結一個一個弄開，直到每一條都各自分明。disentangle 做的就是這個動作：先承認東西是纏住的，再慢慢拆。這個畫面可以一路延伸出去——纏住的可以是風箏線，可以是困在網子裡的小鳥，可以是腦袋裡混成一團的訊息，也可以是一段讓你抽不了身的關係。共同點是：拆開要花時間，而且拆的人要有耐心。From the word’s history
The packet's etymology tree gives dis- + entangle, with entangle itself built on tangle. So the word is literally the undoing of a tangle, which is exactly the picture all four senses share.
來源資料把這個字拆成 dis-（相反、解除）加上 entangle（使纏住），而 entangle 又是從 tangle（纏結）來的。所以整個字的字面就是「把纏住解掉」。這正好就是四個意思共用的那個畫面。
Wiktionary (kaikki extract supplied in packet: etymology_text 'From dis- + entangle'; source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1289330459:17001)
Three branches
把混在一起的訊息分清楚
把線換成想法，動作完全不變。兩件事在大家腦袋裡纏成一團，你把它們拉開，讓人看得出哪個是哪個。這是一種說法上的延伸，不是另一個字。
verb · C1
To separate ideas, facts, or pieces of information that have become mixed up together, so that you can see clearly which is which.
釐清
把自己從處境裡弄出來
這次被纏住的是你自己，纏著你的是一段關係、一份合約、一堆答應了的事。畫面一樣，只是線變成了責任，所以脫身也一樣要一圈一圈慢慢來。
verb · C1
If you disentangle yourself from a situation, a relationship, or an agreement, you get free of it, usually slowly and with some difficulty.
抽身；脫身