Fasten
['fɑːs(ə)n] or ['fæsən]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) attach to; 'They fastened various nicknames to each other'.
(verb.) cause to be firmly attached; 'fasten the lock onto the door'; 'she fixed her gaze on the man'.
(verb.) become fixed or fastened; 'This dress fastens in the back'.
艾弗里校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.
(a.) To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts.
(a.) To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow.
(v. i.) To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.
編輯:罗比
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Secure, bind, BELAY, bend, tie, attach, make fast.[2]. Join, unite, hold together.
v. n. Be fixed, fix one's self.
錄入:勒达
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Secure, hold, compact, tie, bind, join, unite, affix, annex, grapple, attach,fix
ANT:Undo, loose, sever, relax, detach, remove, unfasten
哈蒂編輯
解釋/意思:
v.t. to make fast or tight: to fix securely: to attach firmly one thing to another: to confirm.—v.i. to fix itself.—n. Fas′tening that which fastens.
手打:斯蒂芬
例句/造句/用法:
- That's right, said St. Clare; put on the steam, fasten down the escape-valve, and sit on it, and see where you'll land. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Then we must fasten up these windows, and leave all as secure as we can behind us. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- And fasten the door securely on the inside. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- But the trooper fails to fasten the brooch. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He was left to fasten up the bag, whilst she swiftly did up her hair for the night, and sat down to unfasten her shoes. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Fasten a stiff bristle to a tuning fork by means of wax, allowing the end of the point to rest lightly upon a piece of smoked glass. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Did you fasten all the windows? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- She has joined the two chains, and has fastened them to the hasp in the tin case. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The force of the water causes rotation of the turbine and of the shaft which is rigidly fastened to it. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- You can see now that it is fastened to a hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- A little cup is then fastened to the tree with a piece of soft clay to press the cup against it, and the juice runs into this cup. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Both of them were fastened on the inside. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Yes, I'm afraid of some things--of being shut up, locked up anywhere--or being fastened. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- She held me by both hands, and her eyes fastened searchingly on mine. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Stripping his harness from him I securely bound his hands behind his back, and after similarly fastening his feet tied him to a heavy gun carriage. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- This was accomplished by fastening a charge of gunpowder in such a way that when exploded it would break the partition and mix the solutions. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- A very brief exercise of Mr. Sike's art, sufficed to overcome the fastening of the lattice; and it soon stood wide open also. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- The Japanese produce them by fastening a piece of mother-of-pearl in the shells of the pearl-oyster and allowing it to remain there for a number of years. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- She was fastening into her girdle a hueless and scentless nosegay, when Henry Sympson called to her as he came limping from the house. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- This--clamping and fastening--explains the necessity for building the bed on its side. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Mr. Weller nodded his acquiescence in the sentiment, and again fastening his eyes on the fire, shrouded himself in a cloud, and mused deeply. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- What she does is just the contrary--she fastens their eyelids open, so that they're never again in the blessed darkness. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
錄入:罗兰