| 单词 | to fasten down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fasten down to fasten down 1. transitive. To fix or secure (something) so as to prevent it rising. ΚΠ 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) ix. f. 116 Her feete were fastned downe with rootes. Shee stryued all she myght Too plucke them vp. 1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. ix. 169 Pad cloth, a cloth that lies on the horse's back for the housin to lie on, trimmed with lace round the edges and fastened down by the belly band. 1875 ‘N. D'Anvers’ tr. Z. Fleuriot Robert's Holidays xviii. 158 We'll keep this eel in water till bed-time, and then we'll put it in a basket, without fastening down the lid, and leave it in Louis' room. 1981 R. Westall Scarecrows (1990) ii. 18 The car was vintage and had a big leather strap to fasten down the bonnet. 2016 @emptynestsail 12 June in twitter.com (accessed 28 Oct. 2020) Done for today! Still have to fasten down the deck boards but that can wait. 2. transitive. figurative. To restrict or limit (a person or thing) to something. Also: to characterize, define, or specify (something) precisely. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] thringc1250 restrain1384 bound1393 abounda1398 limita1398 pincha1450 pin?a1475 prescribec1485 define1513 coarcta1529 circumscribe1529 restrict1535 conclude1548 limitate1563 stint1567 chamber1568 contract1570 crampern1577 contain1578 finish1587 pound1589 confine1597 terminate1602 noosec1604 border1608 constrain1614 coarctate1624 butta1631 to fasten down1694 crimp1747 bourn1807 to box in1845 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > make specific [verb (transitive)] > render determinate or definite conditionate1646 determinate1672 to fasten down1694 define1790 plumb-line1875 pinpoint1922 1694 G. Stanhope tr. Simplicius Comm. Epictetus' Morals xxxi. 237 You would needs have this wondrous Man fastned down to some one particular Profession. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 68 I have..rescued the character of the Hottentots from the brutish stupidity to which it has been fastened down by all the authors. 1876 W. E. Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. June 12 To fasten down its sense, the affix ‘Evangelical’ may suffice. 1926 N.Y. Times 11 Jan. 32/2 Take improvisation away from jazz and try to fasten it down to fixed forms..and most of its originality is lost. 2003 Inner Asia 5 194 While his arguments are highly plausible.., Williams does not really fasten down key causal connections. < as lemmas |
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