rope

string, rope, line, cord, thread, wire

名词 rope:

1. a strong line
2. street names for flunitrazepan
   同义词：R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, roofy, roach, forget me drug, circle

动词 rope:

1. catch with a lasso
   同义词：lasso
2. fasten with a rope
   同义词：leash

1. The rope was not strong enough, so we used wire.
   这根绳子不够结实，所以我们用金属线。
2. Please slacken the tent rope before it rains.
   下雨前，请将帐篷的绳索放松。
3. All her friends have been roped in to help organize the event.
   她所有的朋友都已动员来协助组织这一活动。
4. They tied their prisoner up with a piece of rope.
   他们用绳索把犯人捆起来。
5. He roped his horse on a nearby tree.
   他把马拴到附近的一棵树上。

rope

n.（名词）
A flexible, heavy cord of tightly intertwined hemp or other fiber.
绳索：用大麻或其它纤维紧紧缠绕的有柔韧性且粗重的绳子
A string of items attached in one line by or as if by twisting or braiding:
绳状的（一）串或（一）条：似拧成或编成一行的一串东西：
例句：
a rope of onions.
一串洋葱

A sticky glutinous formation of stringy matter in a liquid.
丝状黏质，黏丝：液体中丝状物质的胶粘的组成物

A cord with a noose at one end for hanging a person.
绞索：一端有活绳结用来绞死人的绳索
Execution or death by hanging:
绞刑，上吊：
例句：
to die by the rope.
吊死

A lasso or lariat.
（套捕马或牛的）套索
ropes Sports Several cords strung between poles to enclose a boxing or wrestling ring.
ropes 【体育运动】 围绳：系在柱子上围住拳击台或摔跤台四周的绳子
ropes Informal Specialized procedures or details:
ropes 【非正式用语】 决窍：专门的程序或细节：
例句：
learn the ropes; know the ropes.
学会决窍；知道决窍

v.（动词）
roped,rop.ing,ropes
v.tr.（及物动词）
To tie or fasten with or as if with rope.
系住，束缚：用或似用绳子系住或捆紧
To enclose, separate, or partition with or as if with a rope:
用绳围起，用绳隔开：用或似用绳子围起、分隔或隔开：
例句：
rope off the scene of the crime.
用绳子把犯罪现场围起来

To catch with a rope or lasso.
用绳索或套索抓住
Informal To trick or deceive:
【非正式用语】 愚弄，欺骗：
例句：
An unscrupulous salesperson roped us into buying worthless property.
一个不道德的推销员骗我们买毫无价值的房地产

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To become like a cord or rope.
成索状或绳状

<习惯用语>on the ropes
Sports Knocked against the ropes that enclose a boxing ring.
【体育运动】 击倒在柱索上：拳击时被击倒在拳击台的围绳上
On the verge of defeat or collapse; hopeless or powerless.
即将完蛋：濒于失败或崩溃；无望或无力的
the end of (one`s) rope
The limit of one`s patience, endurance, or resources:
限度：某人耐心、耐力或策略的限度：
例句：
After six months on strike, the workers were at the end of their rope.
工人们经过'个月的罢工后已经精疲力竭了

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English r3p
源自 古英语 r3p

【引伸】
rop.er
n.（名词）