单词	rope
释义	noun | verb roperope1 /roʊp/ ●●● S3 noun Etymology ETYMOLOGYrope1 Origin: Old English rap Collocations COLLOCATIONS► knows the ropes  Nathan knows the ropes – he’s been in the company for 15 years. ► learning the ropes  I spent the first few months just learning the ropes. ► show/teach somebody the ropes  Jon will show you the ropes and answer any questions. 1 [countable, uncountable] very strong thick string, made by twisting together many threads of hemp, nylon, or other material:  a piece of rope She lowered the basket on a rope.2the ropes a)all the things someone needs to know to do a job or deal with a system:  Nathan knows the ropes – he’s been in the company for 15 years. I spent the first few months just learning the ropes.show/teach somebody the ropes Jon will show you the ropes and answer any questions. b)the rope fence that surrounds an area used for boxing or wrestling3give somebody enough rope (to hang themselves) informal to give someone freedom to do what he or she wants to do, while hoping that he or she will make a mistake and look stupid4be on the ropes informal to be in a very bad situation, in which you are likely to be defeated:  The army says the rebels are on the ropes. [Origin: Old English rap] → see also be at the end of your rope at end1 (14), jump rope noun | verb roperope2 verb Verb Table VERB TABLE rope Simple Form Present I, you, we, they rope he, she, it ropes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they roped Present perfect I, you, we, they have roped he, she, it has roped Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had roped Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will rope Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have roped Continuous Form Present I am roping he, she, it is roping you, we, they are roping Past I, he, she, it was roping you, we, they were roping Present perfect I, you, we, they have been roping he, she, it has been roping Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been roping Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be roping Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been roping 1[transitive always + adv./prep.] to tie things together using rope: rope something to something We roped the suitcases to the top of the car.rope somebody/something together Mountaineers rope themselves together for safety.2[transitive] to catch an animal using a circle of roperope somebody ↔ in phrasal verb informal to persuade someone to help you in a job, or to join in an activity, especially when he or she does not want to:  Did you get roped in too?rope somebody into something phrasal verb informal to persuade someone to help you in a job, or to join in an activity, especially when he or she does not want to: rope somebody into doing something Denise roped us into helping set up for the party.rope something ↔ off phrasal verb to surround an area with ropes, especially in order to separate it from another area:  Sidestreets had been roped off for the parade.
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