喜樂美語
  1. 1vB2/ʌnˈtaɪ/解開；鬆開

    To take the knots out of something, or to open something that has been tied with string, rope, or laces, so that it is loose or free.

    示範例句 · Example

    Peter sat down on the step and untied his shoelaces.

    逐字彼得在階梯上坐下來，然後解開了他的鞋帶。

    untie 是 tie（綁、打結）前面加上 un-。un- 可以想成「把動作倒回去」，所以 untie 就像把「綁」這個動作往回走一次，讓原本綁住的東西鬆開。它用在有打結、有綁住的東西：鞋帶、緞帶、繩子、圍裙的帶子。衣服的扣子英文用 unbutton，拉鍊用 unzip，untie 要有一個「結」才用得上。

    常見搭配

    • untie a knot

      解開一個結

      to loosen a knot until it comes apart

      Ren spent ten minutes trying to untie the knot in his kite string.

    • untie your shoelaces

      解開鞋帶

      to loosen the laces of your shoes

      Untie your shoelaces first, or you'll break the back of the shoe.

    • untie a ribbon

      解開緞帶

      to loosen the ribbon tied around a present or a box

      She untied the ribbon slowly, saving it for next time.

    • untie a rope

      解開繩子

      to loosen a rope so that whatever it held is free

      He untied the rope and let the swing hang loose.

    意思相近

    undounfastenloosenunknotunlace

core核心畫面

Fingers working a knot loose until the rope falls open. A picture you can hold: whatever was held tight by string, rope, or laces is now slack and free — the tying is being run backwards.

手指鑽進一個結裡，一點一點把它鬆開，繩子最後鬆垮垮地散開。un- 在這裡不是單純的「不」，而是「倒著做一次」——tie 是綁起來，untie 就是把綁的動作反過來還原。所以畫面裡一定有兩個東西：一條繩子（或鞋帶、緞帶、繩結），還有一個被它綁住的對象。結一鬆，那個對象就從「被固定」變回「鬆的、自由的」。untie your shoelaces、untie the knot、untie the boat——鞋帶散了、結開了、船離岸了，都是同一個手勢。

同家族的字

過去式 untied過去分詞 untied-ing untying三單 unties

意思相近

undounfastenloosenunknotunlace

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

untieverb/ʌnˈtaɪ/

  • 1

    To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.

    • to untie a knot
    • Haſt thou the pretty vvorme of Nylus [an asp] there, / That killes and paines not? / […] / Come thou mortal vvretch, / VVith thy ſharpe teeth this knot intrinſicate, / Of life at once vntye: Poore venomous Foole, / Be angry, and diſpatch.
  • 2

    To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.

    • Though you untie the winds, and let them fight / Against the churches.
    • All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the accounts of drunkenness.
  • 3

    To resolve; to unfold; to clear.

    • They quicken sloth, perplexities untie.
  • 4

    To become untied or loosed.

  • 5

    computingengineeringmathematicsIn the Perl programming language, to undo the process of tying, so that a variable uses default instead of custom functionality.

    • After you finish with the INI file, all you need to do is untie the hash. Then you really are finished!

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