tether

英 [ˈteðə(r)]

美 [ˈteðər]

v.  拴(牲畜)
n.  (拴牲畜的)拴绳，拴链

过去分词：tethered　第三人称单数：tethers　过去式：tethered　现在分词：tethering　复数：tethers　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14541 / COCA.11832

习惯用语

n.

be at the end of your tether
• 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.

牛津词典

verb

• 拴（牲畜）
  to tie an animal to a post so that it cannot move very far

noun

• （拴牲畜的）拴绳，拴链
  a rope or chain used to tie an animal to sth, allowing it to move around in a small area

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 无计可施;山穷水尽;走投无路
  If you say that you areat the end ofyourtether, you mean that you are so worried, tired, and unhappy because of your problems that you feel you cannot cope.
  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。
  2. I've reached the end of my tether.
     我已经无计可施了。
• (拴动物的)拴绳，拴链
  Atetheris a rope or chain which is used to tie an animal to a post or fence so that it can only move around within a small area.
• VERB 将…拴(到)
  If youtetheran animal or objecttosomething, you attach it there with a rope or chain so that it cannot move very far.
  1. The officer dismounted, tethering his horse to a tree.
     军官下了马，把它拴到一棵树上。

英英释义

noun

• restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
  Synonym:leashlead

verb

• tie with a tether
  1. tether horses

双语例句

• When not using a temperature catheter, you can gently tether the temperature cable connection to the prempt cable.
  当不使用温度导管时，你可以轻轻地将其系在设备电缆上。
• To study the design problem and application of the double-balloon system with tether and net, the resisting wind ability was analyzed based on system dynamic model.
  为研究一种双系缆气球绳网系统的设计和使用的问题，在系统动力学模型的基础上对系统的抗风能力进行了分析。
• They are at the end of their tether; another strain upon their business means bankruptcy for them.
  他们已到了山穷水尽的地步，他们的生意再经受一次压力就会破产。
• But we would tether your module to an American ship.
  但是我们要把你们的设备系在美国的船上。
• Follow the arrows on the map. the astronauts walked in space without a tether.
  跟着地图上的箭头走.火箭把卫星送上了太空。
• The horse had broken loosefrom its tether.
  那匹马挣脱缰绳跑了。
• 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。
• We keep the goat on a tether when it is grazing.
  这头羊吃草时我们用绳系着它。
• By reducing drastically the fuel and power requirements, the tether would greatly cut the cost of a mission.
  透过巨幅减少燃料和能源的需求，缆索可以大幅削减任务的费用。
• To tether an animal or restrict its movement.
  把动物拴住或者限制它的活动范围。