单词 | tie |
释义 | tie (once / 67 pages) 1vn 2vn 3vn 4vn 5v A tie is a thin piece of cloth that's knotted around the neck, an accessory worn by men on formal occasions. You may wear a tie to graduation, a wedding, or if you're just trying to impress someone. If the score of a game is equal, then the game is a tie. Some games, like chess, can actually end in a tie, but other games, like basketball, continue until there's a winner. You can also use the word tie as a verb: "Looks like the game will tie at two apiece." As a verb, tie also means to fasten two or more things together, like when you tie your shoelaces or your tie. WORD FAMILYtie: retie, tied, tier, ties, tying, untie+/retie: retied, reties, retying/tier: tiers/tying: tyings/untie: untied, untier, unties, untying USAGE EXAMPLESAnd how close should his ties remain to business executives operating in areas with far different opinions about human rights and justice? Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) And now, a year later, the Islamic center is still tied up in traffic-pattern objections and subdivision squabbles. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Marquis Vance tied it with a layup 20 seconds later. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord They tied their victim to the chair Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper bind unbrace, unlace, untie undo the ties of gag, muzzle tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them retietie again or anew bind off, tie upfinish the last row loopfasten or join with a loop cordbind or tie with a cord lash togetherbind together with a cord or rope trusstie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it leash, ropefasten with a rope straptie with a strap knottie or fasten into a knot lashbind with a rope, chain, or cord bandbind or tie together, as with a band lace, lace updraw through eyes or holes hobble, hopplestrap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison frapmake secure by lashing relacelace again fasten, fix, secure cause to be firmly attached 2v connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces Tie the ropes together Syn|Ant|Hypo connect, link, link up disconnect make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten conjoin, join make contact or come together groundconnect to a ground bring together, joincause to become joined or linked attachcause to be attached daisy-chainconnect devices on a part of a chip or circuit board in a computer interconnect, interlinkcause to be interconnected or interwoven teeconnect with a tee put throughconnect by telephone hitchconnect to a vehicle: "hitch the trailer to the car" hang together, interdependbe connected bridge, bridge overconnect or reduce the distance between ancylose, ankyloseproduce ankylosis by surgery fix, fixatemake fixed, stable or stationary connectjoin for the purpose of communication connectjoin by means of communication equipment featherjoin tongue and groove, in carpentry tethertie with a tether fastenattach to attachbecome attached cross-linkjoin by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein) miterfit together in a miter joint plyjoin together as by twisting, weaving, or molding close, close upunite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of anastomose, inosculatecause to join or open into each other by anastomosis anastomose, inosculatecome together or open into each other earthconnect to the earth couple, match, mate, pair, twinbring two objects, ideas, or people together matchgive or join in marriage mortice, mortisejoin by a tenon and mortise cogjoin pieces of wood with cogs fairjoin so that the external surfaces blend smoothly scarfunite by a scarf joint rebatejoin with a rebate rabbetjoin with a rabbet joint seamput together with a seam bridgemake a bridge across hingeattach with a hinge bellattach a bell to band, ringattach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify couple, couple on, couple uplink together affixattach or become attached to a stem word bindmake fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope catch, hitchto hook or entangle append, hang on, tack, tack on, tag onfix to; attach add on, affix, append, supplementadd to the very end tapefasten or attach with tape glue, pastejoin or attach with or as if with glue pin down, pin upattach with or as if with a pin peg, peg downfasten or secure with a wooden pin fasten, fix, securecause to be firmly attached mountattach to a support affix, stick onattach to nailattach something somewhere by means of nails hook upconnect or link clipattach with a clip enter, infix, insert, introduceput or introduce into something yokeput a yoke on or join with a yoke harness, tackleput a harness link, yokelink with or as with a yoke yokebecome joined or linked together saddleput a saddle on engraft, graft, ingraftcause to grow together parts from different plants splicejoin together so as to form new genetic combinations splicejoin the ends of label, mark, tagattach a tag or label to patch, pieceto join or unite the pieces of solderjoin or fuse with solder weldjoin together by heating limber, limber upattach the limber closebring together all the elements or parts of ligatejoin letters in a ligature when writing assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack togethercreate by putting components or members together quiltstitch or sew together entwine, knittie or link together sovietise, sovietizebring under Soviet control, of a country 3v form a knot or bow in tie a necktie Hyper form, shape give shape or form to 4v make by tying pieces together The fishermen tied their flies Hyper fashion, forge make out of components (often in an improvising manner) 5n a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied he needed a tie for the packages Hypo|Hyper drawing string, drawstring, string a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening purse stringa drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse cord a line made of twisted fibers or threads 6n neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front he wore a vest and tie Syn|Hypo|Hyper necktie bola, bola tie, bolo, bolo tie a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie bow tie, bow-tie, bowtiea man's tie that ties in a bow four-in-handa long necktie that is tied in a slipknot with one end hanging in front of the other old school tienecktie indicating the school the wearer attended string tiea very narrow necktie usually tied in a bow Windsor tiea wide necktie worn in a loose bow black tiea black bow tie worn with a dinner jacket white tiebow tie worn as part of a man's formal evening dress neckwear articles of clothing worn about the neck 7n a fastener that serves to join or connect Syn|Hypo|Hyper link, linkup, tie-in bridge, nosepiece the link between two lenses; rests on the nose fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place 8n a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam Syn|Hyper tie beam beam long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction 9n one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track 2Syn|Hyper crosstie, railroad tie, sleeper brace, bracing a structural member used to stiffen a framework 1v finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc. Syn|Hyper draw equal, equalise, equalize, equate, match make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching 2n equality of score in a contest Hypo|Hyper deuce a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game equality, equation, equivalence, par a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced 3n the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided 3their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie Syn|Hypo|Hyper draw, standoff dead heat a tie in a race stalematedrawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check finish designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race) 1v create social or emotional ties Syn|Hypo|Hyper attach, bind, bond fixate attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way befriendbecome friends with chum up, pal, pal upbecome friends; act friendly towards relate have or establish a relationship to 2v perform a marriage ceremony Syn|Hypo|Hyper marry, splice, wed conjoin, espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry, wed take in marriage solemnise, solemnize perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies officiate act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding 3n a social or business relationship 4he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team Syn|Hyper affiliation, association, tie-up relationship a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries 1v unite musical notes by a tie Hyper connect, link, link up connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces 2n (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value 5Hyper slur (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato v limit or restrict to I am tied to UNIX These big jets are tied to large airports Hyper bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel place limits on (extent or access) |
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