string
n. 細繩; 一串; 一行; 一系列; 弦; 絃樂器; 字串; 特定條件
v. 懸掛; 把…連在一起; 給…裝弦
adj. 管絃樂的; 線的
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.
他拿出一個繫著細繩的小袋子。
...a shiny metallic coin on a string.
拴在繩子上的閃閃發亮的金屬硬幣
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.
她脖子上戴著一串珍珠。
...a string of fairy lights.
一串聖誕樹小彩燈
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...
這片風景中只有一排村莊。
A string of five rowing boats set out from the opposite bank.
5 只划艇排成一行從對岸出發了。
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...
這是一連串襲擊事件中最近的一起。
Between 1940 and 1943 he had a string of 62 consecutive victories.
他在 1940 年至 1943 年間連續 62 次獲勝。
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.
他出去換一根吉他弦。
...a twenty-one-string harp.
21 弦的豎琴
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...
絃樂組為獨奏樂章配上了動聽的背景樂。
There was a 20-member string section.
有一個 20 人組成的絃樂器組。
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.
他在牆上掛了條橫幅。
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.
我會很多手藝,永遠都不會沒飯吃。
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.
應該不帶任何附加條件地向發展中國家提供援助。
...no-strings grants that last for five years.
為期5 年的無附加條件的援助贈款
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.
託尼有把握可以託關係讓你進去。
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
這些名詞均含"線"之意。
have many strings to one's bow
見 bow
how long is a piece of string?
你知道一根繩子有多長?(表示不能給出確切尺寸)
no strings attached
(非正式)無附加條件
on a string
受…的控制,受…的影響
string along
(非正式)陪伴,伴隨
string someone along
(非正式)欺騙,愚弄
string something out
延長,展開成行
string someone/thing up
用繩吊掛
(英)緊張的,不安的
string along 【非正式用語】
贊成某事;同意
使(某人)不斷等待或吊…的胃口
愚弄,欺騙
string up 【非正式用語】
吊死
on the string
在某人的徹底控制或影響下
With a few pluck at the string of his banjo, everybodyis singing along.
他撥了撥班卓琴的琴絃, 每個人就都跟著唱了起了.
As both a novelist and a university lecturer, she has another string to her bow.
身兼小說家及大學講師, 她有一個可替換的辦法.
Take two pieces of string of different lengths.
拿兩條長度不同的帶子.
The kidnapper strangled the child with a piece of string.
綁票的人用一根繩子把這孩子勒死了.
He jerked the string and the puppet jumped.
他猛一拉繩子,木偶就跳了起來.