tether

英 ['teðə] 美 ['tɛðɚ]
  • n. 范围;系链;拴绳
  • vt. 用绳或链拴住
  • n. (Tether)人名;(英)特瑟

助记提示


1. 谐音“特韧儿、太韧儿”----系绳、系链特别有韧性。
2. tight => tet- + her => tether.
3. gather => gether => to + gether => together => tether.
4. to + gether => tether.
5. tie + gather / gether => tether.
6. tie => tether.

中文词源


tether 拴绳

可能来自古诺斯语 tjothr,拴绳,来自 Proto-Germanic*teudran,绳子,来自 PIE*deu,绑紧,系牢, *tro,工具格后缀,词源同 rudder.

英文词源


tether (n.)
late 14c., "rope for fastening an animal," not found in Old English, probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse tjoðr "tether," from Proto-Germanic *teudran (cognates: Danish tøir, Old Swedish tiuther, Swedish tjuder, Old Frisian tiader, Middle Dutch tuder, Dutch tuier "line, rope," Old High German zeotar "pole of a cart"), from PIE root *deu- "to fasten" + instrumentive suffix *-tro-. Figurative sense of "measure of one's limitations" is attested from 1570s.
tether (v.)
late 14c. (implied in tethering), "confine by a tether," originally of grazing animals, from tether (n.). Figurative use also from late 14c. Related: Tethered.

双语例句


1. She was jealous, humiliated, and emotionally at the end of her tether.
她既忌妒又感到屈辱,感情上已经到了崩溃的边缘。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I've reached the end of my tether.
我已经无计可施了。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The cow had broken its tether and was in the cornfield.
那头牛弄断系绳,跑到玉米田里去了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. This is beyond my tether.
这是我力所不能及的.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He's at the end of his tether.
他没着儿了.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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