tie

1. V-T If you tie two things together or tie them, you fasten them together with a knot. 系; 把…打成結

He tied the ends of the plastic bag together. 他把塑料袋的兩頭系在一起。

2. V-T If you tie something or someone in a particular place or position, you put them there and fasten them using rope or string. (用繩索) 捆綁; 固定

He had tied the dog to one of the trees near the canal. 他已經把狗拴在運河邊的一棵樹上。

3. V-T If you tie a piece of string or cloth around something or tie something with a piece of string or cloth, you put the piece of string or cloth around it and fasten the ends together. (用繩子或布條) 捆

She tied her scarf over her head. 她把圍巾圍在頭上。

Roll the meat and tie it with string. 把肉卷起來用線捆好。

4. V-T If you tie a knot or bow in something or tie something in a knot or bow, you fasten the ends together. 打 (結); 把…打成 (結)

He took a short length of rope and swiftly tied a slip knot. 他拿了一小段繩子迅速打了個活結。

She tied a knot in a cherry stem. 她在櫻桃梗上打了個結。

5. V-T/V-I When you tie something or when something ties, you close or fasten it using a bow or knot. 打結系牢

He pulled on his heavy suede shoes and tied the laces. 他穿上那雙厚重的絨面革皮鞋并系好鞋帶。

...a long white thing around his neck that tied in front in a floppy bow. …一條圍著他脖子、前面打了個蓬松蝴蝶結的白色長東西。

6. N-COUNT A tie is a long narrow piece of cloth that is worn around the neck under a shirt collar and tied in a knot at the front. Ties are worn mainly by men. 領帶

Jason had taken off his jacket and loosened his tie. 賈森已經脫下夾克，松開了領帶。

7. V-T If one thing is tied to another or two things are tied, the two things have a close connection or link. 使…緊密聯(lián)系[usu passive]

Their cancers are not so clearly tied to radiation exposure. 他們的癌癥與接觸輻射并沒有太明顯的聯(lián)系。

8. V-T If you are tied to a particular place or situation, you are forced to accept it and cannot change it. 束縛[usu passive]

They had children and were consequently tied to the school vacations. 他們有幾個孩子，因此被學校假期束縛住了。

9. N-COUNT Ties are the connections you have with people or a place. 聯(lián)系[usu pl, oft N prep]

Quebec has always had particularly close ties to France. 魁北克一直都與法國有著特別密切的聯(lián)系。

10. V-RECIP If two people tie in a competition or game or if they tie with each other, they have the same number of points or the same degree of success. (在競賽或比賽中) 打成平局

Ronan Rafferty had tied with Frank Nobilo. 羅南·拉弗蒂與諾比羅打成了平局。

11. N-COUNT Tie is also a noun. 平局

The first game ended in a tie. 第一場比賽以平局結束。

12. N-COUNT In sports, a tie is a match that is part of a competition. The losers leave the competition and the winners go on to the next round. 淘汰賽[英國英語]

They'll meet the winners of the first round tie. 他們將迎戰(zhàn)第一輪淘汰賽的勝出者。

13. your hands are tied→see hand