fasten

• vt. 使固定；集中於；紮牢；強加於
• vi. 扣緊；抓住；集中注意力
• n. (Fasten)人名；(英)法森

來自fast, 固定的。

fasten

fasten: [OE] Etymologically, fasten means ‘make fast’; it goes back ultimately to Germanic *fastuz, source of English fast. From this was derived a verb *fastinōjan, which passed into Old English as fæstnian. To begin with this seems only to have been used in the metaphorical sense ‘settle, establish’. The more concrete ‘attach’ is not recorded until the 12th century, and the earliest reference to its use for locking or bolting a door comes from as late as the mid-18th century.
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fasten (v.)

Old English fæstnian "make fast, make firm, fix, secure," also "ratify, betroth, confirm," from Proto-Germanic *fastinon "to make firm or fast" (cognates: Old Frisian festnia "to make firm, bind fast," Old Saxon fastnon, Old High German fastnion, German festnen, Old Norse fastna "to pledge, betroth"), from PIE *fast "solid, firm" (see fast (adj.)). Related: Fastened; fastening.

1. Builders must fasten down roofs of newly-built homes more securely.

建造工人必須把新建房屋的屋頂固定得更牢靠些。

來自柯林斯例句

2. They fasten with a drawstring.

它們是用拉繩係緊的。

來自《權威詞典》

3. Fasten your seatbelts, please.

請係好安全帶。

來自《權威詞典》

4. Fasten your seat belts.

係好安全帶。

來自《權威詞典》

5. When you sew up to this end, fasten off the thread.

當你縫到這頭時, 把線打個結.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》