tether

英 ['teðə(r)] 美 ['teðər]

• n. 系绳；系链；界限；（能力、财力、忍耐等的）极限
• v. 练栓；拘束

英英释义

Noun:

1. restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

Verb:

1. tie with a tether;

   "tether horses"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The astronauts walked in outer space without a tether.
   宇航员在没有系绳的情况下进行太空行走。
2. This group is composed of men who had never associated themselves with rickshaws but were forced to take up the trade, because they have reached the end of their tether.
   这一些是以前决没想到自己能与洋车发生关系，而到了生和死的界限已经不甚分明，才抄起车把来的。

经典引文

• A large Teather, and greater privilege than ever the Crown had.

  出自： N. Bacon

词汇搭配

• at the end of one's tether 山穷水尽
• tether test 系留试验
• beyond one's tether 在某人权限外...
• the end of one's tether 限度
• a hair to make a tether of 小题大作的借口...
• come to the end of one's tether 山穷水尽; 智穷计竭...
• wallop in a tether [苏]被绞死[吊死]...

近反义词

【近义词】

• fasten 拴紧
• rope 绳索
• lead 引导
• leash (系狗的)皮带...
• tie up 扎绑
• tie 束缚
• hitch 猛拉
• secure 安全的
• knot 结
• chain 束缚
• bind 捆绑
• truss 束紧
• rein 缰绳
• fetter 为 ... 上脚镣...