bind

vt

• ① 缚;束;捆,绑;扎
  • They bound the prisoner's hands behind him.他们将囚犯的双手绑在背后。
  • The kidnaper bound him hand and foot.那个绑匪把他的手脚绑起来。
  • He was bound by the magic of her voice.他被她的声音的魅力所镇住。
  • We are bound to each other by an oath.一项誓言把我们链接在一起。
  • He bound the love letters into a bundle.他将那些情书捆成一束。
  • She bound the parcel with a ribbon.她用一条丝带将包裹捆住。
  • The terrorists bound the hostage's legs together.那些恐怖分子把那名人质的双腿绑在一起。

• ② 包扎
  • bind up a wound包扎伤口
  • She had her head bound up in a kerchief.她用头巾把头包起来。

• ③ 使负义务;使应当;束缚,约束(★常以过去分词当形容词用)
  • This oath binds him to secrecy.这项誓言使他负有守密义务。
  • I have bound myself by an oath.我已受到一项誓言的约束。

• ④ 1订立(契约)2立约为(某人的)学徒
  • The deal was bound by a handshake.该交易(最后)以握手订定。
  • He was bound (over) (as an) apprentice to a blacksmith.=He was bound out to a blacksmith.他经立约为一名铁匠的学徒。
  • In his childhood his father bound him to a carpenter.在他童年时,他父亲使他立约为一名木匠的学徒。

• ⑤ (用带子、花边等)滚(边),镶(边)
  • bind (the edge of) a carpet给地毯滚边(以免绽裂)
  • She bound the cuffs with leather.她以皮革镶袖口。

• ⑥ 装订
  • beautiful bound books装订精美的书
  • They will bind the new book in leather [cloth, paper].他们将以皮[布、纸]面装订那本新书(参照paperbound)。
  • They bound up three volumes into one.他们将三卷装订成一册。

• ⑦ 1(以霜、雪)使凝结2(以水泥)使凝固或凝结3使便秘(=constipate)
  • Frost [Ice] binds the soil.霜[冰]使土壤凝固。
  • They bound the bricks together with cement.他们用水泥使那些砖块凝结在一起。
  • This food binds the bowels.这食物会引起便秘。