tether

tether

英 ['teðə]
　　美 ['tɛðɚ]

n. 范圍；系鏈；拴繩
　　vt. 用繩或鏈拴住
　　n. (Tether)人名；(英)特瑟

中文詞源：

tether 拴繩

可能來自古諾斯語 tjothr,拴繩，來自 Proto-Germanic*teudran,繩子，來自 PIE*deu,綁緊，系牢， *tro,工具格後綴，詞源同 rudder.

例句：

1. She was jealous, humiliated, and emotionally at the end of her tether.
她既忌妒又感到屈辱，感情上已經到瞭崩潰的邊緣。

2. I've reached the end of my tether.
我已經無計可施瞭。

3. The cow had broken its tether and was in the cornfield.
那頭牛弄斷系繩,跑到玉米田裡去瞭.

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

5. He's at the end of his tether.
他沒著兒瞭.