tie/taɪ/

vt

1. (用绳索或带子等)系；捆绑

• I have tied a name tag on my baggage. 我已经在行李上系了名字标签。

• tie one's hair back 把头发束在脑后

2. 扎带子(或绳子)

• She had her hair tied with a ribbon. 她用丝带扎住头发。

3. 打结

• She tied a pretty bow. 她打了一个漂亮的蝴蝶结。

• tie one's necktie 打领带

4. 束缚；约束

• He is tied to his desk even during the summer vacation. 他连暑假期间也都在伏案用功。

5. 打成平手；势均力敌

• The New York Yankess tied the Boston Red Socks in baseball. 纽约扬基队与波士顿红袜队在棒球赛中打成平手。

• The score was tied 3-3. 比分为3比3平。

vi

1. 扎带子(或绳子)

• The belt of this dress ties at the back. 这衣服带子是在后面系的。

2. 打结

• The ribbon is so short that it won't tie in a bow. 这丝带太短，没办法打成蝴蝶结。

3. 打成平局；势均力敌

• They tied with the visting team in the game. 他们在比赛中与客队打成平手。

词组tie down 限制；束缚；牵制

• be tied down to a schedule 受时间表的限制

• Young children often tie a woman down. 小孩子常常使妇女受到束缚。

tie in

1. (使)协调；(使)一致

• His information doesn't tie in with the facts. 他提供的情况与事实不符。

2. (使)有关系

• The teacher tied in what she said with last lesson. 老师把讲课内容与上一课结合起来。

tie up

1. 系紧；捆绑；包扎

• tie up one's shoes 系紧鞋带

• tie up the wound 包扎伤口

• tie up a parcel 捆绑包裹

2. 阻碍；延误

• The traffic was tied up by the accident. 事故阻碍了交通。

3. 使(金钱等)搁死不能挪动他用

• Most of my capital is tied up in property. 我的资本大部分都套在了房动产上。

4. 使无法分身

• I'm all tied up now. 我现在正忙得不可开交。

• My new job ties me up all day. 新工作使我整天忙碌。

5. 占用

• She tied up the bathroom for an hour. 她占用浴室长达一个小时。

6. 将…联系起来

• The detectives were trying to tie up the murder with the recent escape from prison. 侦探们正设法证明这起谋杀案和最近的越狱事件有关。

• Their company is tied up with a foreign one. 他们公司和一家外国公司有密切的业务关系。

7. 相一致

• His words don't tie up with what you said. 他说的和你说的不一致。