string
n. 细绳; 一串; 一行; 一系列; 弦; 弦乐器; 字符串; 特定条件
v. 悬挂; 把…连在一起; 给…装弦
adj. 管弦乐的; 线的
String is thin rope made of twisted threads, used for tying things together or tying up parcels.
He held out a small bag tied with string.
他拿出一个系着细绳的小袋子。
...a shiny metallic coin on a string.
拴在绳子上的闪闪发亮的金属硬币
A string of things is a number of them on a piece of string, thread, or wire.
She wore a string of pearls around her neck.
她脖子上戴着一串珍珠。
...a string of fairy lights.
一串圣诞树小彩灯
A string of places or objects is a number of them that form a line.
The landscape is broken only by a string of villages...
这片风景中只有一排村庄。
A string of five rowing boats set out from the opposite bank.
5 只划艇排成一行从对岸出发了。
A string of similar events is a series of them that happen one after the other.
The incident was the latest in a string of attacks...
这是一连串袭击事件中最近的一起。
Between 1940 and 1943 he had a string of 62 consecutive victories.
他在 1940 年至 1943 年间连续 62 次获胜。
The strings on a musical instrument such as a violin or guitar are the thin pieces of wire or nylon stretched across it that make sounds when the instrument is played.
He went off to change a guitar string.
他出去换一根吉他弦。
...a twenty-one-string harp.
21 弦的竖琴
The strings are the section of an orchestra which consists of stringed instruments played with a bow.
The strings provided a melodic background to the passages played by the soloist...
弦乐组为独奏乐章配上了动听的背景乐。
There was a 20-member string section.
有一个 20 人组成的弦乐器组。
In computing, a string is a particular series of letters, numbers, symbols, or spaces, for example a word or phrase that you want to search for in a document.
If you string something somewhere, you hang it up between two or more objects.
He had strung a banner across the wall.
他在墙上挂了条横幅。
If someone has more than one string to their bow, they have more than one ability or thing they can use if the first one they try is not successful.
I'm never out of work because I have so many strings to my bow.
我会很多手艺,永远都不会没饭吃。
If something is offered to you with no strings attached or with no strings, it is offered without any special conditions.
Aid should be given to developing countries with no strings attached.
应该不带任何附加条件地向发展中国家提供援助。
...no-strings grants that last for five years.
为期5 年的无附加条件的援助赠款
If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.
Tony is sure he can pull a few strings and get you in.
托尼有把握可以托关系让你进去。
1. a lightweight cord
2. stringed instruments that are played with a bow;
3. a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed
4. a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding;
5. a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)
6. a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening;
7. a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
8. a necklace made by a stringing objects together;
1. thread on or as if on a string;
2. add as if on a string;
3. move or come along
4. stretch out or arrange like a string
5. string together; tie or fasten with a string;
6. remove the stringy parts of;
7. provide with strings;
string, rope, line, cord, thread, wire
这些名词均含"线"之意。
have many strings to one's bow
见 bow
how long is a piece of string?
你知道一根绳子有多长?(表示不能给出确切尺寸)
no strings attached
(非正式)无附加条件
on a string
受…的控制,受…的影响
string along
(非正式)陪伴,伴随
string someone along
(非正式)欺骗,愚弄
string something out
延长,展开成行
string someone/thing up
用绳吊挂
(英)紧张的,不安的
string along 【非正式用语】
赞成某事;同意
使(某人)不断等待或吊…的胃口
愚弄,欺骗
string up 【非正式用语】
吊死
on the string
在某人的彻底控制或影响下
With a few pluck at the string of his banjo, everybodyis singing along.
他拨了拨班卓琴的琴弦, 每个人就都跟著唱了起了.
As both a novelist and a university lecturer, she has another string to her bow.
身兼小说家及大学讲师, 她有一个可替换的办法.
Take two pieces of string of different lengths.
拿两条长度不同的带子.
The kidnapper strangled the child with a piece of string.
绑票的人用一根绳子把这孩子勒死了.
He jerked the string and the puppet jumped.
他猛一拉绳子,木偶就跳了起来.