| 单词 | bind |
| 释义 | bind (once / 225 pages) 1vn 2v 3v 4v 5v If you're in a bind, you have been hindered by some situation. You'll find yourself in a bind if you agree to bring dessert to a party, only to realize that you're out of fruit, sugar, and chocolate chips. The verb bind means to tie, secure, or fasten as with string or rope. When you put a Christmas tree on the top of your car, you need to bind it with twine to make sure it stays there while you drive. The past tense of bind is "bound." To bind is also to create an emotional attachment. Your love for your family binds you to them. WORD FAMILYbind: bindable, binded, binder, bindery, binding, binds, rebind, unbind+/binder: binders/bindery: binderies/binding: bindingly, bindings/rebind: rebinding, rebinds/unbind: unbinding, unbinds USAGE EXAMPLESFirst of all, you need natural gas as a source of hydrogen, the element to which nitrogen binds to form ammonia. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) To restrain Burr, Hamilton wrote Morris, would be “to bind a Giant by a cobweb.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Martin’s books, season 6 finally broke free of its literary bindings. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1v secure with or as if with ropes Syn|Hypo|Hyper tie down, tie up, truss chain up tie up with chains faggot, faggot up, fagotbind or tie up in or as if in a faggot faggot, fagotfasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them hog-tietie together somebody's limbs confine, hold, restrain to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement 2v fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper tie 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 3v make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope The Chinese would bind the feet of their women Ant|Hypo|Hyper unbind untie or unfasten swaddle, swathe wrap in swaddling clothes encircle, girdbind with something round or circular cementmake fast as if with cement hoopbind or fasten with a hoop attach cause to be attached 4v wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose Syn|Hyper bandage fasten, fix, secure cause to be firmly attached 5v stick to firmly Syn|Hypo|Hyper adhere, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to adhere, cleave, cling, cohere, stick come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation ligate bind chemically attach become attached 6n something that hinders as if with bonds 2Hyper balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress 1v create social or emotional ties Syn|Hypo|Hyper attach, bond, tie 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 bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper hold, obligate, oblige pledge bind or secure by a pledge articlebind by a contract; especially for a training period indent, indenturebind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant tie downrestrain from independence by an obligation relate have or establish a relationship to v form a chemical bond with 4The hydrogen binds the oxygen Hypo|Hyper ligate bind chemically adhere, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to stick to firmly v provide with a binding 5bind the books in leather Hypo|Hyper rebind provide with a new binding cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered v cause to be constipated Syn|Hypo|Hyper constipate obstipate constipate severely indispose cause to feel unwell |
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