| 单词 | to tie in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tie in to tie in 1. transitive. To connect or join to an existing structure or network. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > connect [verb (transitive)] > link together > link (one thing) with or to another > to an existing structure to tie in1793 1793 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. W. Eng. (1796) II. 340 Firm purchases.., for the purpose of tying in the front wall. 1914 Dial. Notes 4 164 Tie in, in surveying, to join or connect up. ‘We'll run over to the monument and tie in this survey.’ 1943 J. S. Huxley TVA xi. 95 The framing to the exit..neatly ties in the air exhaust trough at the bottom of the walls. 1975 North Sea Background Notes (Brit. Petroleum Co.) 30 It is not impossible that a branch line from another nearby oilfield may be tied in to the Forties line in the future. 1978 Lancs. Life July 37/3 Instead of being tied-in to the building next-door this 19th century addition was simply slapped-up alongside it. 2. intransitive. To accord or be consonant (with); to be connected or associated (with). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)] belong1340 pertaina1382 pretend1481 appertaina1500 link?1544 touch?1611 relate1646 rapport1649 connect1709 to tie in1938 to tie up1959 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree, harmonize, or be congruous with [verb (transitive)] conspirec1384 accorda1393 to stand with ——c1449 to sit with ——a1500 correspond1545 resound1575 square1583 quader1588 to comport with1591 sympathize1594 beset1597 range1600 even1602 consort1607 to run with ——1614 countenancea1616 hita1616 sympathy1615 filea1625 quadrate?1630 consist1638 commensurate1643 commensure1654 to strike in1704 jig1838 harmonize1852 chime in with1861 equate1934 to tie in1938 to tune in1938 to tie up1958 1938 S. Chase Tyranny of Words viii. 91 This ties in with Korzybski's central idea of knowledge as structural. 1954 ‘A. Garve’ Riddle of Samson x. 97 There's another thing that ties in rather neatly, too. 1959 H. Nielsen Fifth Caller xiv. 216 A stranger? That didn't tie in with the words Dr. Whitehall was quoted as having used in greeting. 1967 Sci. Amer. Sept. 276 The problem ties in with the discussion of Pascal's triangle. 1972 D. Lodge 20th Cent. Lit. Crit. 174 Jung's theory of the Collective Unconscious tied in neatly with the anthropological study of primitive myth and ritual, initiated..by Sir James Frazer in The Golden Bough. 3. transitive. To associate or connect (with). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)] haveeOE toucha1325 to have respect to (formerly also unto)a1398 connex?1541 report1548 bear1556 respect1614 to stand to ——1634 owe1644 connect1751 to tie in1958 1958 ‘A. Bridge’ Portuguese Escape ix. 146 How can they have tied the Monsignor in with the Duke's house? 1959 Listener 26 Feb. 364/1 Nowadays, more emphasis is placed on teaching foreign languages phonetically and on trying to tie lessons in with exchange visits of pupils abroad. 1972 ‘T. Coe’ Don't lie to Me (1974) xi. 102 The detectives on the case think the two things are tied in. The killing and the acid. 1972 J. L. Dillard Black Eng. iv. 140 Pidgin has been tied in historically with a lot of regrettable racial and economic policies. 1982 R. Leigh Girl with Bright Head xix. 131 ‘Just tell me what Mrs Storm wanted with you.’ ‘Not unless you can tie her in with the murder.’ < as lemmas |
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