| 单词 | to tie up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tie up to tie up 1. transitive. To fasten (a thing) with a cord or band tied round it, so as to prevent its moving or falling loose, or to secure it from being lost or injured; to bind up, wrap up. Also intransitive for passive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > bind with cord, string, or tie > tie up to tie up1530 uptie1590 restrict1824 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (intransitive)] > be tied > be tied up to tie up1865 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 758/1 I tye up my heare, as a woman dothe, je me atourne. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xii. 38 Or Tie my pleasure vp in silken Bagges. View more context for this quotation 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 70 His Bob-Wig ty'd up behind like a Horse-tail. 1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) ii. 19 He tore my arm one day,..father got an apothecary to tie it up. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxii. 204 They had tied up the luggage. 1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland xi. 172 A large canvass bag, which tied up at the mouth with strings. 2. To tie (a person or animal) to some fixed object or in some confined space, so as to prevent from escaping; to fasten up. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > bind, fetter, or shackle [verb (transitive)] bind971 to bind hand and footOE i-bindec1000 umgivea1300 warrok1362 hampera1375 bolt1377 shacklec1440 astrainc1475 estrain1483 to put in irons1533 to tie up1570 manacle1582 beshackle1599 to tie (also lay) neck and heels1618 fillet1633 kilta1689 to tie down1699 oblige1718 hog-tie1886 zip-tie1985 1570 [see 3]. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue Ep. Ded. sig. *iij The bloudy bandoges of the Romish Sinagogue be tyed vp. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. i. 22 My Horse is tyed vp safe. View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 53 A Malefactor..is tyed up. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxiii. 285 He had stolen the horse, and tied it up in the mountains. 3. figurative. To bind, restrain, or confine strictly; to restrict closely; to hinder from acting freely; to oblige to act in a particular way. (Cf. 5.) Also to tie up one's hands, one's tongue: cf. phrases in sense 2. Also (chiefly passive; originally U.S.) to hold up; to keep busy or occupied. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > restrict in free action [verb (transitive)] bindc1200 hamper?a1366 chain1377 coarctc1400 prison?a1425 tether?a1505 fetter1526 imprisona1533 strait1533 swaddle1539 measure1560 shacklea1568 to tie up1570 manacle1577 straitena1586 hopple1586 immew16.. scant1600 cabina1616 criba1616 trammela1616 copse1617 cramp1625 cloister1627 incarcerate1640 hidebind1642 strait-lace1662 perstringe1679 hough-band1688 cabin1780 pin1795 strait jacket1814 peg1832 befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 corset1935 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > by entangling or binding shrenchc897 beswapec980 taglea1340 tanglea1340 gyve1377 encumber138. engleimc1400 wrapc1412 involvec1440 fetter1526 mesh1532 crawl1548 felter1567 to tie up1570 in trick1572 ensnarl1593 entrammel1598 engage1603 casta1605 imbrier1605 weave1620 immaze1631 trammel1727 enchain1751 entangle1790 enmesh1822 in mesh1875 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > in free action bind971 hamper?a1366 chain1377 coarctc1400 prison?a1425 tether?a1505 fetter1526 imprisona1533 strait1533 swaddle1539 measure1560 shacklea1568 to tie up1570 manacle1577 straitena1586 hopple1586 immew16.. scant1600 cabina1616 criba1616 trammela1616 copse1617 cramp1625 cloister1627 incarcerate1640 hidebind1642 to box up1659 strait-lace1662 perstringe1679 hough-band1688 cabin1780 pin1795 strait jacket1814 peg1832 befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 hog-tie1924 corset1935 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] busyeOE busyOE occupya1325 exercisec1384 employ1477 embusy1485 to hold (also keep) in play1548 exerce1584 engage1648 to tie up1887 a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 2658 Sith he did make vp-tyed Chirchus and abbeys wyde, For hym and his to praye.] 1570 E. Grindal Dial. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) II. 1559/2 He hath deserued more gentles at your hande, then to be tied vp so short. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. iv. 59 Death that hath tane her hēce..Ties vp my tongue and will not let me speake. View more context for this quotation 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 226 I would have you not to tie up your hands from consideration of either. 1768 C. Churchill Let. 9 Apr. in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 289 Being tied up by my father's will from assisting my younger children during my life. 1879 J. Stainer Music of Bible 173 It is not tied up in a strait-jacket like a modern chant. 1887 C. B. George 40 Years on Rail vii. 140 I ran into a snow-storm that tied us up until we were six days making the run. 1907 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 10 Oct. 16 Traffic west of Springfield was tied up until about midnight. 1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xiv. 295 I meant to come round yesterday evening, but I got tied up with people. 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? iii. 53 He was tied up in a story conference. 1959 W. D. Pereira North Flight ii. 29 Sir Arthur's terribly tied up at the moment and regrets he cannot speak to you. 1973 New Yorker 24 Feb. 36/1 The World Almanac and Book of Facts is a small buoy indeed but one that, whenever we stop to read it, ties us up for several hours. 1978 Nature 21 Sept. p. xii/2 The computer or scope is tied up only a fraction of a second while the exposure is made. 1980 D. Lodge How Far can you Go? iv. 125 She sent her apologies, but she's tied up organizing some bazaar. 4. To moor (a ship or boat); also absol., or (usually) intransitive for passive said of the vessel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor [verb (intransitive)] fastenc1540 moor1627 breast1842 to tie up1853 berth1867 society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)] > moor moor1378 breast1838 headfast1889 to tie up1893 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xvi. 122 The ice was closing in every direction; and our master..had no alternative but to tie up and await events. 1876 Fur, Fin & Feather Sept. 107 They will find the Crossmon House a pleasant place to ‘tie up to’. 1886 E. Arnold India Revisited iii. 33 At night every steamer ‘ties up’. 1893 E. Custer Tenting on Plains 34 The great cable was used to tie us up to the bank. 5. figurative (from a): To invest or place (money or property) in such a way as to prevent it from being spent or alienated. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > invest > in specific way to lock up1692 to tie up1822 to plough back1912 to put back1912 1822 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers 21 June (1884) I He has tied up his real estates as tight as he could. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond xiii She is close of her money;..she has tied up every shilling of it, and only allows me half-a-crown a-week for pocket-money. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. xxiii. 34 To pass a prospective statute tying up in strict entail the little which still remained of the Crown property. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. v. 111 Her money..had been tied up all tight for her benefit. 6. slang. To give up, desist from, quit (a practice or course of action); also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > quit or give up to give offa1616 quita1642 to tie up1760 that'll be the day1916 to turn in1918 to go through1933 to walk away1950 1760 S. Foote Minor i. 32 I have a great mind to tie up, and ruin the rascals. 1903 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VII. i. 122/2 To tie up = to forswear: e.g., to tie up prigging = to lead an honest life. 7. slang. To vanquish or disable in a contest; to finish; to ‘knock out’. ΚΠ 1818 [implied in: Sporting Mag. 2 211 He knobbed his adversary well, and floored him by a smart tye-up at the fourth buttonhole. (at tie-up n. 5b)]. 1903 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VII. i. 122/2 To tie up..= to knock out (pugilists'); tied-up = (1) finished, settled. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 31 July 16/1 Inclined to lay odds that he and Barnes or Rhodes would have ‘tied up’ the Australian batsmen. 8. To join in marriage: cf. 4 (also to tie the knot at sense 2). colloquial or slang. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > join in marriage wedOE join1297 spousec1325 bind1330 couplea1340 to put togethera1387 conjoin1447 accouple1548 matea1593 solemnize1592 espouse1599 faggot1607 noose1664 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700 rivet1700 to tie the knot1718 buckle1724 unite1728 tack1732 wedlock1737 marry1749 splice1751 to turn off1759 to tie up1894 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 158 A comelier couple parson has seldom..tied up. 9. to tie (a person) up in(to) knots (or a knot): see knot n.1 10a. 10. intransitive. To associate or unite oneself or one's interests with (or to). Also transitive, to associate (one thing) with another. Originally U.S. Cf. tie-up n. 7b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)] > relate or connect one thing to another tiec1000 link?a1412 mate1594 tack1683 relate1697 bridge1834 connect1881 to tie up1888 society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate with for common purpose [verb (transitive)] alliance1533 to combine a league1562 enleague1596 to strike ina1637 factiona1652 adoptate1662 to strike up1714 enjoin1734 to go in1851 train1866 to tie up1888 affiliate1949 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 1888 Texas Siftings 3 Mar. 3/1 He's all O.K. There is no subterfuge about him... He is a man who will do to tie up to. 1903 N.Y. Evening Post 5 Dec. 1 It becomes his first interest to make business for that yard. He can best do this by tying up with the other navy yard representatives on the committee. 1904 Indianapolis News 21 June 6 The assurance that Captain New is to have a good post may be the reason that so many fellows want to tie up to him. 1925 Round Table June 593 It is clearly to South Africa's interest to tie up definitely either with sterling..or with gold. 1928 Daily Express 13 June 3/4 Registered readers..have..‘tied up’ with the newspaper which..offers the best..insurance benefits. 1943 J. S. Huxley TVA i. 9 Flood-control could be readily tied up..with the profitable generation of electric power. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Sept. 526/2 [He] does not rest solely on his spade but takes every opportunity of tying up archaeological discoveries with references obtainable from written authorities. 11. To bring to a satisfactory conclusion. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > bring to an end or conclusion > satisfactorily to sew up1904 to tie up1954 1954 ‘R. Crompton’ William & Moon Rocket i. 25 Taking that lorry's number and giving a description of where the shed was on the Minster road. Tied things up a treat, that did. 1959 Listener 12 Feb. 305/1 When the play ends..one is left intentionally with the feeling that not everything has been tied up. 1973 A. Broinowski Take One Ambassador vii. 90 The trade mark of the few in the know. That ties it all up. 1980 S. Brett Dead Side of Mike xiii. 147 It all fits in... It just ties up the whole package. 12. intransitive. = sense to tie in 2 at Phrasal verbs above. 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 1959 M. Gilbert Blood & Judgement xiii. 138 ‘That would make him..in his late fifties now.’ ‘Which ties up all right with our man.’ 1968 Listener 20 June 799/2 This may well tie up with the fact that he was an intensely religious person who believed in people going to hell and being saved. 1974 J. Aiken Midnight is Place iv. 130 ‘He had had two men sent to jail for protesting.’ ‘Yes, that seems to tie oop with what we had heard.’ < as lemmas |
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