单词 | bind up |
释义 | bind up —bind /baɪnd/ noun [S] INFORMAL ► F0 a difficult or annoying situation in which you are prevented from acting as you might like: » Having to visit her every week is a terrible bind.» Borrowing money may put you in a real bind.Thesaurus+: ↑Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences , ↑Accidents and disastersverb (bound, bound) ↑Verb Endings for bind C2 [T] to tie something tightly or to fasten something: » They bound the packages with brightly coloured ribbon.» Bind together the two broken ends.» The prisoner was bound hand and foot.Thesaurus+: ↑Fastening and tyingC2 [T] to unite people: » The things that bind them together are greater than their differences.Thesaurus+: ↑Connecting and combining , ↑Variety and mixtures , ↑Mixing and mixturesF0 [T] (ALSO bind up) To bind a part of the body, especially a part that is damaged, is to tie something round it: » He had already bound the child's arm when I arrived.Thesaurus+: ↑Medical dressings, supports and devicesF0 [T] to sew or stick material along the edges of something such as a jacket, in order to make it stronger or to decorate it Thesaurus+: ↑Knitting and sewingThesaurus+: ↑Decorating or making something attractiveF0 [T] to make separate pieces of paper into a book: » There are several different ways to bind a book, for example you can stitch or stick the pages together.→ SEE ALSO BOOKBINDING(Cf. ↑bookbinding) (bookbinder)Thesaurus+: ↑Covering and adding layersF0 [I or T] When an egg or water is used, especially in cooking, to bind something it provides a way of making everything stick together in a solid mass: » The mixture wouldn't bind (together).Thesaurus+: ↑Preparing food , ↑Preparing food using heat• • • Extra Examples:» He had been bound and gagged and left in a cell for three days.» We tore up some material and bound up the wound as tight as we could.» All 15 of the republics are in some ways loosening the ties that bind them to Moscow.» The manuscript has been bound in gold and silver and encrusted with jewels.» Graham found a length of frayed rope and used it to bind the man's hands and legs. |
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