剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - string collapse

string
/strɪŋ/
noun
ROPE 绳
A [C or U]
* (a piece of) strong thin rope which is made by twisting very thin threads together and which is used for fastening and tying things
细绳；线；带

1. a parcel tied with string
用细绳捆扎的包裹

2. a ball/piece of string
线团／一根细绳

3. When you pull the strings, the puppet's arms and legs move.
你扯动细绳，木偶的手脚就会动。

[C]
* a set of objects joined together in a row on a single rope or thread
一串

1. a string of beads/pearls
一串珠子／珍珠

2. A string of onions hung from a beam in the kitchen.
厨房的横梁挂着一串洋葱。

/strɪŋ/
noun
SERIES 系列
A [C]
* a series of related things or events
一系列；一连串

1. What do you think of the recent string of political scandals?
你怎么看最近一连串的政治丑闻？

2. He had a string of top-twenty hits during the eighties.
在20世纪80年代，他创作了一系列打入排行榜前20名的热门作品。

/strɪŋ/
noun
MUSIC 音乐
[C]
* a thin wire which is stretched across a musical instrument and is used to produce a range of notes which depend on its thickness, length and tightness
（乐器的）弦

1. A violin has four strings.
小提琴有四根弦。

2. Guitar strings nowadays are made from steel or nylon.
现在的吉他弦是由钢丝或尼龙制成。

3. You can pluck the strings on a guitar with your fingers or a plectrum.
你可以用手指或拨子拨动吉他琴弦。

4. a twelve-string guitar
十二弦吉他

the strings [plural]
* the group of instruments which have strings which you pull or hit with your fingers or rub with a bow to produce sound, or the players in a musical group who play these instruments
弦乐器；弦乐组

1. I prefer his compositions for the strings.
我更喜欢他为弦乐器组谱写的乐曲。

2. He played the cello and joined the strings in the school orchestra.
他演奏大提琴，还加入了学校管弦乐团的弦乐组。

/strɪŋ/
noun
SPORT 运动
[C]
* one of the thin plastic strings which are stretched between the sides of the frame of a racket used in sport
（球拍的）弦

/strɪŋ/
noun
COMPUTING 电脑操作
[C] specialized
* a usually short piece of text consisting of letters, numbers or symbols which is used in computer processes such as searching through large amounts of information
字串

1. If you type in the search string 'ing', the computer will find all the words containing 'ing'.
如果你输入搜索字串 ing，电脑会把所有包含ing的单词找出来。

/strɪŋ/
noun
have another /more than one string to your bow
* to have another interest or skill which you can use if your main one cannot be used
还有一手；第二个对策；第二种办法

1. I enjoy my work, but I'd like to have another string to my bow in case I lose my job.
我喜欢我的工作，但我想做好第二个对策，以防万一失业。

/strɪŋ/
noun
strings attached
* If something such as an agreement has strings attached, it involves special demands or limits
（协议等的）附加条件，限制条款

1. Most of these so-called special offers come with strings attached.
这些所谓的特价品大都带有附加条件。

2. The bank's agreed to lend me £1000, no strings attached.
银行已同意无条件贷给我1000英镑。

/strɪŋ/
adjective
* consisting of or relating to the strings
由弦乐器组成的；弦乐器的

1. the string section
弦乐部

2. a string quartet
弦乐四重奏
See also# stringed instrument#

/strɪŋ/
verb [T] (strung, strung)
MUSIC 音乐
* to put strings on a musical instrument
（乐器的）弦

1. First you need to learn how to string and tune your guitar.
首先你需要学会如何给吉他装弦并调音。

/strɪŋ/
verb [T] (strung, strung)
SPORT 运动
* to put new strings onto a racket used in sport
（球拍的）弦

1. You ought to have your racket re-strung before the competition.
比赛之前你应该重装一下球拍的弦。

/strɪŋ/
verb [T] (strung, strung)
SET 一组
* to put a string through a number of objects
用细绳（或线等）串，把…串在一起

1. Would you help me string these beads?
你能帮我把这些珠子串起来吗？

/strɪŋ/
verb [T] (strung, strung)
phrasal verb [M] string sb along
* to deceive someone for a long time about what you are really intending to do
长期哄骗（某人）；敷衍（某人）

1. She's been promising to pay back the money for six months, but I reckon she's just stringing me along.
她六个月来一直答应说要还钱，但我猜她只不过是在敷衍我而已。

2. He strung her along for years, saying he'd marry her and divorce his wife.
他哄了她有好几年，说他会和妻子离婚然后娶她。

/strɪŋ/
verb [T] (strung, strung)
phrasal verb string sth out
GROUP
* If a group of similar things or people are strung out, they are in a long line with spaces between each of them
使分开成一列

1. Most of Canada's population is strung out along its 5525-mile border with the United States.
加拿大的大部分人口分布在与美国交界的5525英哩长的边境上。

2. The geese were strung out along the river bank.
那些鹅沿着河岸排成一列。

ACTIVITY
[M]
* to make an activity last longer than necessary
拖延…的时间

1. I think the lawyer's just stringing out the case so that he'll earn more money.
我认为那个律师只不过是为了多赚钱而故意拖长案件的受理时间。

/strɪŋ/
verb [T] (strung, strung)
phrasal verb [M] string sth together
* If you string words or sentences together, you manage to say something that other people can understand
组织（语言 ） ；把…连成句子；把…说清楚

1. People tend to be very impressed if you can string together a couple of sentences in Japanese.
如果你能说上几句日语，人们往往就会觉得你很了不起。

/strɪŋ/
verb [T] (strung, strung)
phrasal verb string sb up
[M] informal
* to kill someone by hanging them by the neck from a rope, usually as a punishment for a crime
吊死（某人），绞死（某人）

1. He reckons they're too soft on mass murderers and says they ought to be strung up.
他认为他们对杀人狂过于仁慈手软，主张这些杀人狂应该被绞死。

informal
* to punish someone severely
严厉惩罚（某人）

1. He ought to be strung up for what he said about his mother.
他那样说他母亲真该被严惩。

/strɪŋ/
verb [T] (strung, strung)
phrasal verb [M] string sth up
* to tie or fix the ends of a long thin object to two points that are high up, allowing the rest of it to hang freely
系，挂；吊起

1. Let's string up a banner in the garden to welcome him home.
让我们在花园里挂上横幅欢迎他回家吧。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - string collapse

string ★★★☆☆
1.N-VAR 可变名词细绳;线 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

2.N-COUNT 可数名词一串 A string of things is a number of them on a piece of string, thread, or wire.

【搭配模式】：usu N of n

  • 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

3.N-COUNT 可数名词一行;一列;一排 A string of places or objects is a number of them that form a line.

【搭配模式】：usu sing

  • 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。

4.N-COUNT 可数名词一系列，一连串(类似事件) A string of similar events is a series of them that happen one after the other.

【搭配模式】：usu sing

  • 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。

5.N-COUNT 可数名词(乐器的)弦 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

6.N-PLURAL 复数名词(管弦乐团的)弦乐器，弦乐器组 The strings are the section of an orchestra which consists of stringed instruments played with a bow.

【搭配模式】：oft N n

  • 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。

7.N-COUNT 可数名词(计算机技术中的)字符串，信息串 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.
    8.VERB 动词悬挂;系;扎 If you string something somewhere, you hang it up between two or more objects.

    【语法信息】：V n prep/adv

    【语法信息】：V P n (not pron)

    【语法信息】：Also V n P

    • He had strung a banner across the wall.

      他在墙上挂了条横幅。

    • String up means the same as string .string up 同 string

      • People were stringing up decorations on the fronts of their homes.

        人们正在各家门口挂起装饰物。

    9.See also:highly strung;purse strings;second string;strung out;
      10.PHRASE 短语另有一手;两手准备 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.

      【搭配模式】：Ns inflect

      • 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。

      11.PHRASE 短语不带附加条件;无任何限制 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

      12.PHRASE 短语拉关系;走后门 If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.

      【搭配模式】：V inflects

      • 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。

      13. apron strings→see: apron;
        相关词组：
        string along string together string up

        牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - string collapse

        ☞ string
        string / striN / nounFOR TYING / FASTENING 捆/系用
        1. [U, C] material made of several threads twisted together, used for tying things together; a piece of string used to fasten or pull sth or keep sth in place
           细绳；线；带子:
           a piece / length of string
           一根/一段细绳
           He wrapped the package in brown paper and tied it with string.
           他用棕色包装纸把包裹包好,又用细绳捆上。
           The key is hanging on a string by the door.
           钥匙拴在门边的带子上。
        ⇨ see also drawstring , G-string , purse strings
        THINGS JOINED 串接物
        2. [C] a set or series of things that are joined together, for example on a string
           一串:
           a string of pearls
           一串珍珠
           The molecules join together to form long strings.
           分子连接在一起形成长串。
        SERIES 系列
        3. [C] a series of things or people that come closely one after another
           一系列；一连串；一批:
           a string of hits
           接二连三的成功
           He owns a string of racing stables.
           他有好多个赛马训练场。
        COMPUTING 计算机技术
        4. [C] a series of characters (= letters, numbers, etc.)
           字符串；信息串
        MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 乐器
        5. [C] a tightly stretched piece of wire, nylon , or catgut on a musical instrument, that produces a musical note when the instrument is played
           弦
        6. the strings [pl.] the group of musical instruments in an orchestra that have strings, for example violins ; the people who play them
           (管弦乐团的)弦乐器,弦乐器组:
           The opening theme is taken up by the strings.
           开始的主旋律由弦乐继续发展。
        ⇨ compare brass (2), percussion , woodwind
        ON TENNIS RACKET 网球拍
        7. [C] any of the tightly stretched pieces of nylon , etc. in a racket , used for hitting balls in tennis and some other games
           弦
        CONDITIONS 条件
        8. strings [pl.] special conditions or restrictions
           特定条件(或限制):
           Major loans like these always come with strings.
           诸如此类的大宗贷款总有一些附带条件。
           It's a business proposition, pure and simple. No strings attached.
           这只是个业务建议,仅此而已。没有任何附带条件。
         IDIOMS 
        ▪ have another string / more strings to your bow
        (BrE)
           to have more than one skill or plan that you can use if you need to
           还另有一手；有两手准备
        ⇨ more at apron , long adj., pull v. verb(strung, strung / strQN / )
          ▪ [VN]
        HANG DECORATION 悬挂装饰物
        1. [+adv. / prep.] ~ A on, along, in, etc. B | ~ B with A to hang or tie sth in place, especially as decoration
           悬挂；系；扎:
           Flags were strung out along the route.
           沿途悬挂着旗子。
           The route was strung with flags.
           沿途悬挂着旗子。
        JOIN THINGS 串接东西
        2. [+adv. / prep.] to put a series of small objects on string, etc.; to join things together with string, etc.
           用线(或细绳等)串,把…连在一起
           SYN  thread :
           She had strung the shells on a silver chain.
           她把贝壳串在一条银链子上。
          (figurative) carbon atoms strung together to form giant molecules
           碳原子连在一起构成巨分子
        RACKET / MUSICAL INSTRUMENT 球拍；乐器
        3. to put a string or strings on a racket or musical instrument
           给…装弦
        ⇨ see also highly strung
         PHRASAL VERBS 
        ▪ 7string sb a'long (informal)
           to allow sb to believe sth that is not true, for example that you love them, intend to help them, etc.
           哄；愚弄:
           She has no intention of giving you a divorce; she's just stringing you along.
           她无意跟你离婚；不过是骗着你玩的。
        ▪ 7string a'long (with sb) (BrE, informal)
           to go somewhere with sb, especially because you have nothing else to do
           跟随；伴随
        ▪ 7string sth ↔ 'out
           to make sth last longer than expected or necessary
           延长；拖长时间:
           They seem determined to string the talks out for an indefinite period.
           他们好像一心要把谈判无限期地拖下去。
        ⇨ see also strung out (1)
        ▪ 7string sth ↔ to'gether
           to combine words or phrases to form sentences
           把(单词或短语)联成句子:
           I can barely string two words together in Japanese.
           我那点日语有两个单词就很难摆到一起用了。
        ▪ 7string sb ↔ 'up (informal)
           to kill sb by hanging them, especially illegally
           (尤指非法地)吊死某人adjective[only before noun]
        MUSICAL INSTRUMENT 乐器
        1. consisting of musical instruments that have strings; connected with these musical instruments
           由弦乐器组成的；弦乐器的:
           a string quartet
           弦乐四重奏
           a string player
           弦乐器演奏者
        MADE OF STRING 用线制成
        2. made of string or sth like string
           线织的；线的:
           a string bag / vest
           网兜；网眼背心

        牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - string collapse

        string

        I. noun

        1. thin cord

        • ADJECTIVE taut, tight He pulled the ~ tight. | loose | tangled He had hair like tangled yellow ~.

        • … OF STRING bit (esp. BrE), length, piece I cut a length of ~ to tie up the package. | ball

        • VERB + STRING tie, tie sth up with Tie the ~ around the package. | undo, untie | wind He wound the ~ into a ball. | dangle (sth) on Next to the phone, there was a pencil dangling on a ~.

        • STRING + NOUN vest (BrE)

        • PREPOSITION in the ~ There's a knot in the ~. | ~ of a ~ of pearls

        2. on a musical instrument

        • ADJECTIVE open | guitar, violin, etc. | A, G, etc.

        • VERB + STRING tune | loosen, tighten | pluck | change, replace | break

        • STRING + VERB break | vibrate

        • STRING + NOUN instrument

        • PREPOSITION on a/the ~ Play it on the G ~.

        II. verb

        String is used with these nouns as the object: arrow, bead, wire

        III. adj.
        String is used with these nouns: accompaniment, band, bikini, cheese, instrument, orchestra, section

        The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - string collapse

        string
         In addition to the idioms beginning with string, also see harp on; no strings attached; on a shoestring; on a string; pull strings; purse strings; tied to apron strings; two strings to one's bow.
         * * *
         - string along
         - string out
         - string together
         - string up
         - strings attached
         - strung out

        牛津英语同义词学习词典 - string collapse

        string noun
        ⇨ rope (a piece of string) ⇨ series (a string of hit records) ⇨ pull strings ⇨ manipulate

        新牛津英语同义词词典 - string collapse

        string

        noun
        1 a ball of string
        TWINE , cord, yarn, thread, strand, fibre; rope, cable, line, wire, ligature, thong, hawser; rare fillis.

        2 they lease their pubs to a string of brewers
        CHAIN , series, group, firm, company.

        3 a string of convictions
        SERIES , succession, chain, sequence, concatenation, run, streak; pattern.

        4 a long winding string of wagons and horses
        QUEUE ,
        PROCESSION , line, row, file, column, rank, convoy, train, cavalcade, stream, succession, sequence; informal crocodile.

        5 a string of priceless pearls
        STRAND , rope, necklace, rosary, chaplet.

        6 I broke a string on my guitar guitar string, violin string; piano wire; drone; poetic/literary chord.

        7 {strings} a guaranteed loan with no strings attached
        CONDITIONS , qualifications, provisions, provisos, caveats, stipulations, riders, contingencies, prerequisites, limitations, limits, constraints, restrictions, reservations, requirements, obligations; informal catches.

        verb
        1 lights were strung across the promenade
        HANG , suspend, sling, stretch; thread, loop, festoon.

        2 wire mesh was strung from one catwalk to the other
        STRETCH , sling, run, fasten, tie, secure, link.

        3 a necklace of wooden beads strung on a silver chain
        THREAD , loop, link, join.
        string along whenever we went clubbing my little sister always wanted to string along | with my name I could always string along with the Irish gang
        GO ALONG , go too, come too, join in; accompany, join, join up with, take up with.
        string someone along he had behaved badly, stringing her along
        MISLEAD , deceive, take in, take advantage of, dupe, hoax, fool, make a fool of, bluff; make use of, play with, toy with, dally with, trifle with, play fast and loose with; informal lead up the garden path, take for a ride, put one over on, kid.
        string something out

        1 these journalists certainly know how to string a story out
        PROTRACT , spin out, draw out, drag out, lengthen, stretch, stretch out.
        -opposite(s): SHORTEN.

        2 enemy airfields are strung out along the Gulf
        SPREAD OUT , space out, set apart, place at intervals, distribute, extend, fan out, scatter, straggle.
        string someone up (informal) his fellow prisoners decided to string him up
        HANG , lynch, gibbet; informal make swing.



        See also table at keyboard.
         STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
         acoustic guitar
         aeolian harp
         archlute (historical)
         arpeggione (historical)
         autoharp
         balalaika (Russian)
         bandora/bandura (Ukrainian)
         banjo
         banjolele/banjulele
         banjolin
         baryton (historical)
         bass guitar
         bass lute (historical)
         bass viol (historical)
         biwa (Japanese)
         bouzouki (Greek)
         cello
         Celtic harp
         charango (Latin American)
         chitarrone (historical)
         cimbalom (Hungarian)
         citole (historical)
         cittern (historical)
         clarsach (in Scotland and Ireland)
         classical guitar
         contrabass
         cuatro (in Latin America and Caribbean)
         dobro (trademark)
         double bass
         dulcimer
         erhu (Chinese)
         fiddle (informal)
         gamba (historical)
         gittern (historical)
         guitar
         gusli (Russian)
         harp
         Hawaiian guitar
         hurdy-gurdy
         kanoon (in the Middle East)
         kantele (Finnish)
         kithara (historical)
         kora (W. African)
         koto (Japanese)
         electric guitar
         lute
         lyre
         mandola (historical)
         mandolin
         orpharion (historical)
         oud (in Arabic countries)
         pedal steel guitar
         pipa (Chinese)
         psaltery (historical)
         rebab (in N. Africa & the Middle East)
         rebec (historical)
         requinto (in Spanish-speaking countries)
         samisen (Japanese)
         santoor (Indian)
         sarangi (Indian)
         sarod (Indian)
         saz (Turkish)
         sitar (Indian)
         steel guitar/steel-string guitar
         string bass
         tamboura (Indian)
         tamburitza (Croatian)
         theorbo (historical)
         trigon (historical)
         triple harp
         twelve-string guitar
         ukulele
         veena (Indian)
         vihuela de mano (Spanish, historical)
         vihuela de arco (Spanish, historical)
         viol (historical)
         viola
         viola bastarda (historical)
         viola da gamba (historical)
         viola d'amore (historical)
         violetta (historical)
         violin
         violoncello
         violone (historical)
         Welsh harp
         wind harp
         zither

        词源记忆 - string collapse

        string 线，绳，弦，串，带子，肌腱
        来自古英语streng, 线，绳，弦，肌腱，韧带，来自Proto-Germanic→*strangiz, 线，绳子，来自PIE→*strengh, 线，绳子，股，来自PIE→*strenk, 紧的，拉紧，绑紧，词源同strict, strong。引申诸相关词义。