tether
英 ['teðə]
美 ['tɛðɚ]
- n. 範圍；係鏈；拴繩
- vt. 用繩或鏈拴住
- n. (Tether)人名；(英)特瑟
助記提示
1. 諧音“特韌兒、太韌兒”----係繩、係鏈特別有韌性。
2. tight => tet- + her => tether.
3. gather => gether => to + gether => together => tether.
4. to + gether => tether.
5. tie + gather / gether => tether.
6. tie => tether.
中文詞源
tether 拴繩可能來自古諾斯語 tjothr,拴繩，來自 Proto-Germanic*teudran,繩子，來自 PIE*deu,綁緊，係牢， *tro,工具格後綴，詞源同 rudder.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. She was jealous, humiliated, and emotionally at the end of her tether.
- 她既忌妒又感到屈辱，感情上已經到了崩潰的邊緣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I've reached the end of my tether.
- 我已經無計可施了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The cow had broken its tether and was in the cornfield.
- 那頭牛弄斷係繩,跑到玉米田裏去了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. This is beyond my tether.
- 這是我力所不能及的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He's at the end of his tether.
- 他沒著兒了.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》