单词 | bind |
释义 | Word Frequency bind(baɪnd) verbWord forms: binds, binding or bound 1. to make or become fast or secure with or as if with a tie or band 2. (transitive; often foll by up) to encircle or enclose with a band to bind the hair 3. (transitive) to place (someone) under obligation; oblige 4. (transitive) to impose legal obligations or duties upon (a person or party to an agreement) 5. (transitive) to make (a bargain, agreement, etc) irrevocable; seal 6. (transitive) to restrain or confine with or as if with ties, as of responsibility or loyalty 7. (transitive) to place under certain constraints; govern 8. (transitive; often foll by up) to bandage or swathe to bind a wound 9. to cohere or stick or cause to cohere or stick egg binds fat and flour 10. to make or become compact, stiff, or hard frost binds the earth 11. a. (transitive) to enclose and fasten (the pages of a book) between covers b. (intransitive) (of a book) to undergo this process 12. (transitive) to provide (a garment, hem, etc) with a border or edging, as for decoration or to prevent fraying 13. (tr; sometimes foll by out or over) to employ as an apprentice; indenture 14. (intransitive) slang to complain 15. (transitive) logic to bring (a variable) into the scope of an appropriate quantifier See also bound1 (sense 9)noun 16. something that binds 17. the act of binding or state of being bound 18. informal a difficult or annoying situation 19. another word for bine 20. music another word for tie (sense 17) 21. mining clay between layers of coal 22. fencing a pushing movement with the blade made to force one's opponent's sword from one line into another 23. chess a position in which one player's pawns have a hold on the centre that makes it difficult for the opponent to advance there Word origin Old English bindan; related to Old Norse binda, Old High German bintan, Latin offendix band2, Sanskrit badhnāti he binds |
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