tether 核心词议:
n. 系绳;系链;界限;(能力、财力、忍耐等的)极限
v. 练栓;拘束
tether 基本解释
n. (拴牲畜用的)系绳;限度,极限
vt. 用绳拴住;拘束,束缚
速记方法
速记技巧
词源记忆法
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.
知识扩展
习语积累
习语 n. be at the end of your tether also (NAmE be at the end of your rope) 筋疲力尽;智穷力竭;山穷水尽 to feel that you cannot deal with a difficult situation any more because you are too tired, worried, etc.
tether 变化形式
复数: tethers
第三人称单数: tethers
过去式: tethered
过去分词: tethered
现在分词: tethering
易混淆的单词: 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.
tether
精选例句
1、 Heˈs at the end of his tether.
他没着儿了。
常见考点例句:
- The cow had broken her tether and was in the cornfield .
- 那牛弄断了系绳,跑到玉米田里去了。
- Not confined or restricted with a tether .
- 没有被绳、链等限制或者束缚。
- To tether an animal or restrict its movement .
- 把动物拴住或者限制它的活动范围。
- She is at the end of her tether .
- 她已经智穷技竭。
- I wonder if miles hasn 't pulled loose from his own tether .
- 我不相信麦尔斯还没有把身上的绳索拉松一些。