tether是什么意思_tether怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

tether (n.): late 14c., "rope for fastening an animal," not found in Old English, probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse tjoðr "tether," from Proto-Germanic *teudran (cognates: Danish tøir, Old Swedish tiuther, Swedish tjuder, Old Frisian tiader, Middle Dutch tuder, Dutch tuier "line, rope," Old High German zeotar "pole of a cart"), from PIE root *deu- "to fasten" + instrumentive suffix *-tro-. Figurative sense of "measure of one"s limitations" is attested from 1570s.
tether (v.): late 14c. (implied in tethering), "confine by a tether," originally of grazing animals, from tether (n.). Figurative use also from late 14c. Related: Tethered.

词态变化

复数 tethers;
第三人称单数 tethers;
过去式 tethered;
过去分词 tethered;
现在分词 tethering;

权威造句

1. She was jealous, humiliated, and emotionally at the end of her tether.: 她既忌妒又感到屈辱，感情上已经到了崩溃的边缘。

2. I"ve reached the end of my tether.: 我已经无计可施了。

3. The cow had broken its tether and was in the cornfield.: 那头牛弄断系绳,跑到玉米田里去了.

4. This is beyond my tether.: 这是我力所不能及的.

5. He"s at the end of his tether.: 他没着儿了.

近反义词

at the end of one"s tether 山穷水尽

tether test 系留试验

beyond one"s tether 在某人权限外...

the end of one"s tether 限度

a hair to make a tether of 小题大作的借口...

come to the end of one"s tether 山穷水尽; 智穷计竭...

wallop in a tether [苏]被绞死[吊死]...

相似短语

break the tether 挣断系绳,摆脱束缚

wallop in a tether 被绞死[吊死]

beyond sb"s tether 非某人力所能及,在某人权限之外

be at the end of one"s tether 山穷水尽。【例】Leon was out of work and broke, and he was at the end of his rope.利昂失了业，身无分文，已是山穷水尽

at the end of one"s tether 智穷才竭,山穷水尽,不知所措,毫无办法

come to the end of one"s tether 山穷水尽,智穷才竭,不知所措,毫无办法

a hair to make a tether of 小题大作,大惊小怪,兴风作浪

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. 谐音“特韧儿、太韧儿”----系绳、系链特别有韧性。
2. tight => tet- + her => tether.
3. gather => gether => to + gether => together => tether.
4. to + gether => tether.
5. tie + gather / gether => tether.
6. tie => tether.

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