tie /tai/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) equality of score in a contest
- (n.) a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
- (n.) (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
Chinese translation
- n. 带子, 线, 鞋带, 领带, 领结, 关系, 束缚, 平局, 不分胜负
- vt. 系, 打结, 扎, 约束, 与...成平局
- vi. 结合, 打结, 不分胜负
Word details
- Part of speech
- verb / noun
- Pronunciation
- /tai/
- Syllables
- 1
- Exam levels
- Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam
- Frequency
- Zipf 4.51 · Rare
Word forms
tied, tying, ties
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