string

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /stɹɪŋ/    美 /stɹɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together. countable,uncountable
    — Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string.
  2. Any similar long, thin and flexible object.; A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument. countable,uncountable
    — a violin string
  3. Any similar long, thin and flexible object.; A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet. countable,uncountable
  4. A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged. countable,uncountable
    — a string of shells or beads
  5. A cohesive substance taking the form of a string. countable
    — The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive
  6. A series of items or events. countable
    — In 1933, disgusted and discouraged after a string of commercial failures, Clara quit the film business forever. She was twenty-six.
  7. A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog. countable,uncountable
    — Strings and Flarks[:] The two most conspicuous land form patterns in water tracks are fields of tree islands and networks of strings and flarks. The origin of strings and flarks is a controversial subject that has been treated extensively[…]
  8. The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc. countable
  9. In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc. countable
  10. A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable. collective,countable,uncountable
  11. An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity. countable
  12. A stringed instrument. countable,metonymically
  13. The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments. countable,plural-normally,uncountable
  14. The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively. countable,figuratively,in-plural,uncountable
    — no strings attached
  15. A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics. countable
  16. Cannabis or marijuana. countable,slang,uncountable
  17. Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail. countable,uncountable
  18. The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept. countable,historical,uncountable
  19. The points made in a game of billiards. broadly,countable,uncountable
  20. The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line. countable,uncountable
  21. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. countable,uncountable
    — Many of those that pretend to be great Rabbies in these studies have scarce saluted them from the strings, and the titlepage.
  22. A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the water, from the bottom.
  23. A nerve or tendon of an animal body. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — The string of his tongue was loosed.
  24. A board supporting steps countable,uncountable
  25. An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it. countable,uncountable
  26. The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants. countable,uncountable
    — the strings of beans
  27. A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. countable,uncountable
    — a single miner is often found pursuing his solitary labours at a string or thin vein of ore
  28. A stringcourse. countable,uncountable
  29. A hoax; a fake story. countable,dated,slang,uncountable
  30. Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”). countable,slang,uncountable
    — They were turning tricks, doing drugs, and generally little better off than they had been before, except that they were keeping more of their money. But they seemed lonely, too, without the company of their pimp and the rest of his string.
  31. A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To put (items) on a string. transitive
    — You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.
  2. To put strings on (something). transitive
    — It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.
  3. To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc. intransitive
  4. To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game. intransitive
  5. To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
    — To be honest, you'd be better off trying to string a Skylark as a Richard's Pipit rather than as a Pectoral Sandpiper.

词形变化

strings plural strings present,singular,third-person stringing participle,present strung past stringed colloquial,past strang past strung participle,past stringed colloquial,participle,past

词汇关系

近义词
string
下位词
cosmic string guitar string heartstring heartstrings magic string score string second string rope wire rope lasso lariat cable cord strand twine thread yarn fibre fibril filament braid bowstring wire line lace shoelace tie necktie bowtie noodle tendril band fillet headband riband ribbon strip tape hair whisker tail tentacle
衍生词
aerosol string another string to one's bow apron string apron-string apron-string hold bandstring banjo string bit string bitstring bonnetstring bootstring bytestring capstring casing string checkstring completion string connection string C-string C-style string destring dickstring Dirac string docstring double-string drawstring drill string eggstring empty string eyestring eye-string fiddlestring first-string first string format string four-string four-string banjo four-string guitar gob-string G-string G string gutstring hairstring hame string hamstring harp on one string harp on the same string harpstring hatstring have the world on a string have two strings to one's bow heart strings here-string hold the purse strings how long is a piece of string hyperstring idiot string interstring keystring kissing string latchstring leading-string leading strings lifestring linestring longbowstringmaker loosen the apron strings loosen the purse strings marriage string metastring midstring ministring misstring mountain string multistring nanostring navel-string navel string no string attached no-strings-attached no strings attached nylon-string nylon-string guitar on a string Pascal string protostring pull a few strings pullstring pull strings pull the string pursestring purse string push string uphill query string red string of fate rough string second-string shirring string shoestring silly string single-string six-string slipstring spaghetti string steel-string guitar steel string guitar strimmer stringable string attached stringbacks string band string bass string bassist string bean stringbed string bet string bikini string bog stringbush string cheese string citation string course string distance string ensemble stringful string hoppers stringification string instrument string instrumentalist stringization stringize stringkini stringless stringlike stringline stringmaker stringmaking string-net string of beads string of pearls string-of-sausage lichen stringology string orchestra string organ string pea string plate string player string quartet string quintet strings attached string saver string sedge string show string stop string substitution string tanga string theoretic string tie string together string to one's bow string trimmer string trio string vest string with stringy substring superstring sympathetic string third string third-string three-string tighten the purse strings triple-string two-string unstring wordstring worm on a string restring string on stringer stringified stringifier stringify
相关词
string along stringed string out string up

词源

词源 1
From Middle English string, streng, strynge, from Old English strenġ, from Proto-West Germanic *strangi, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“rope, cord, strand; to tighten”).
Cognate with Scots string (“string”), Dutch streng (“cord, strand”), Low German strenge (“strand, cord, rope”), German Strang (“strand, cord, rope”), Danish streng (“string”), Swedish sträng (“string, cord, wire”), Icelandic strengur (“string”), Latvian stringt (“to be tight, wither”), Latin stringō (“to tighten”), Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to strangle”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “halter”), Ancient Greek στραγγός (strangós, “tied together, entangled, twisted”).
词源 2
From Middle English stryngen, strengen, from the noun (see above).
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