string

string, rope, line, cord, thread, wire

这些名词均含“线”之意。
string: 普通用词，指捆绑小件物品的细绳或细带子。
rope: 指用于捆绑大物件的粗壮而坚固的绳子，一般用绵、毛、麻、金属或其它材料制成。
line: 普通用词，含义广泛，指任何一种线，常作引申用。
cord: 指比string粗，比rope细，较牢固，通常用于捆扎较小物品的线或绳。用作引申当约束讲。
thread: 普通用词，指用棉、毛、丝或纤维等纹成的很细的线，通常用于缝纫、纺织等。
wire: 专指用金属制成的线。

名词 string:

1. a lightweight cord
   同义词：twine
2. stringed instruments that are played with a bow
   同义词：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
   同义词：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
   同义词：drawstring, drawing string
7. (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
   同义词：cosmic string
8. a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
9. a necklace made by a stringing objects together;
   同义词：chain, strand

动词 string:

1. thread on or as if on a string
   同义词：thread, draw
2. add as if on a string
   同义词：string up
3. move or come along
   同义词：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

1. The horses were strung out towards the end of the race.
   比赛中的马临近终点时拉开了距离。
2. I don't want them stringing along as well!
   我也同样不愿意让他们跟著来！
3. She decided to string along with the others as she had nothing else to do.
   她反正也无事可做，所以就跟著大家去了。
4. She's had us all on a string for too long.
   我们大家受她摆布已经很长时间了。
5. She strung the beads with a fine nylon.
   她用细尼龙线把珠子串了起来。
6. Puppets are worked by strings.
   木偶是用线来操纵的。
7. We have had a string of complaints about the program.
   我们已经收到了对该节目的一连串投诉。