string

中英例句：

1. The horses were strung out towards the end of the race.
   比賽中的馬臨近終點時拉開了距離。
2. I don't want them stringing along as well!
   我也同樣不願意讓他們跟著來！
3. She decided to string along with the others as she had nothing else to do.
   她反正也無事可做，所以就跟著大家去了。
4. She's had us all on a string for too long.
   我們大家受她擺布已經很長時間了。
5. She strung the beads with a fine nylon.
   她用細尼龍線把珠子串了起來。
6. Puppets are worked by strings.
   木偶是用線來操縱的。
7. We have had a string of complaints about the program.
   我們已經收到了對該節目的一連串投訴。

英文解釋：

名詞 string:

1. a lightweight cord
   同義詞：twine
2. stringed instruments that are played with a bow
   同義詞：bowed stringed instrument
3. a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed
4. a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
   同義詞：train
5. a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)
6. a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
   同義詞：drawstring, drawing string
7. (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
   同義詞：cosmic string
8. a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
9. a necklace made by a stringing objects together;
   同義詞：chain, strand

動詞 string:

1. thread on or as if on a string
   同義詞：thread, draw
2. add as if on a string
   同義詞：string up
3. move or come along
   同義詞：string along
4. stretch out or arrange like a string
5. string together; tie or fasten with a string
6. remove the stringy parts of
7. provide with strings

英文字典

詞型變化：

動詞過去式:strung 過去分詞:strung 現在分詞:stringing 第三人稱單數:strings

詞意辨析：

string, rope, line, cord, thread, wire

這些名詞均含“線”之意。
string: 普通用詞，指捆綁小件物品的細繩或細帶子。
rope: 指用於捆綁大物件的粗壯而堅固的繩子，一般用綿、毛、麻、金屬或其它材料製成。
line: 普通用詞，含義廣泛，指任何一種線，常作引申用。
cord: 指比string粗，比rope細，較牢固，通常用於綑紮較小物品的線或繩。用作引申當約束講。
thread: 普通用詞，指用棉、毛、絲或纖維等紋成的很細的線，通常用於縫紉、紡織等。
wire: 專指用金屬製成的線。