tethers

['teðə]

[ tethers ]

n. 系绳, 系链, 界限, （能力、财力、忍耐等的）极限
v. 练栓, 拘束

例句与用法：

A succession of illnesses has brought Joy to the end of her tether.

一连害了好几场病，乔伊的身体已变得孱弱不堪，再也无法支撑下去了。

I've been looking after four young children all day and I really am at the end of my tether!

我整天都在照料四个小孩，确实已筋疲力尽了！

The animals were fastened by tether.

那群牲畜被绳子拴着。

He tethered his horse to a tree.

他用绳子把马拴在树上。

词形变化：

动词过去式: tethered | 动词过去分词: tethered | 动词现在分词: tethering | 动词第三人称单数: tethers |