Tether



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.用绳或链拴住 ( 牲畜) n. ( 拴牲畜的) 绳或链;限度, 范围
• ［英］ v.用绳或链拴住 ( 牲畜) ( tie an animal with a rope or tether) ; n. ( 拴牲畜的) 绳或链 ( rope or chain) ; 限度, 范围 ( limit of one's endurance)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English tethir, teder, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse tjōthr tether; akin to Old High German zeotar pole of a wagon
• Date: 14th century
• 1. something (as a rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so that it can range only within a set radius
• 2. the limit of one's strength or resources <at the end of my tether>

II. transitive verb (tethered; tethering)

• Date: 15th century
• to fasten or restrain by or as if by a tether <felt tethered to her desk until the work was done>

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