英 [ˈteðə(r)] 美 [ˈteðər]
n. 系链；拴绳
v. （用绳或链）拴住
n. （Tether）（美、英、加、新、澳、法）特瑟（人名）
复数tethers
第三人称单数tethers
现在分词tethering
过去式tethered
过去分词tethered
tether /ˈtɛðə/ TEM8 [ tethering tethered tethers ]
习语 If you say that you are at the end of your tether, you mean that you are so worried, tired, and unhappy because of your problems that you feel you cannot cope. 束手无策; 山穷水尽
She was jealous, humiliated, and emotionally at the end of her tether.
她觉得又嫉妒又屈辱，情绪低落至极。
可数名词 A tether is a rope or chain which is used to tie an animal to a post or fence so that it can only move around within a small area. (拴动物的) 绳; 链
...a dog that choked to death on its tether.
…一条被拴绳勒死的狗。
及物动词 If you tether an animal or object to something, you attach it there with a rope or chain so that it cannot move very far. 拴住
The officer dismounted, tethering his horse to a tree.
这位军官下了马，把马拴在一棵树上。
系链
... tether vt.用绳拴 textile a.纺织的 Thames泰晤士河 ...
... ferry 渡口 渡船 tether 绳; 系链 scheme 计划, 规划, 方案, 设计 ...
... tete-a-tete 两人私下的 Tete-beche publication 双向倒转印刷出版物 tether 范围 ...
... tethernoise系缆噪声 tether系绳 tetheredbuoy系缆浮标 ...
She was jealous, humiliated, and emotionally at the end of her tether.
她觉得又嫉妒又屈辱，情绪低落至极。
I knew what it meant: The handrail could be completely pulled off and the safety tether might break, and I might therefore be pushed into space.
我知道这意味着什么：扶手可能会被完全扯下来，安全绳可能会断裂，我可能因此被推到太空中去。
Once you are in this geostationary orbit right over the tower, just lower your carbon nanotube cable down from the satellite, tether it to the tower here on Earth.
一旦你来到这个塔旁的地球静止轨道，只需把碳纳米管电缆从卫星上放低然后将其系在位于地球的塔端。
Predrag Bulatovic, the pro-Yugoslav party leader, may find it hard to tether his armed hotheads.
What is better for our health, a clean break or a tether back to the office?
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Freedom will mean different things to different Republicans, but it can tether a diverse coalition to inalienable principles.