Word
Fully loadeduntethered
未拴系的;不受限制的
not confined or restricted with a tether
指形容词用法,表示未被拴住或不受约束的状态;不是动词 untether 的意思。
- 1.
Not tethered; not tied down.
未拴住的;不受束缚的
- 2.
Unrestrained.
不受约束的;无限制的
未拴住的;不受束缚的;不受约束的;无限制的
In use
The goat wandered untethered across the field, nibbling grass wherever it pleased.
After the storm, the boat sat untethered at the dock, drifting slowly with the waves.
She felt untethered after moving to a new city, with no familiar routines to hold on to.
untether sth from sth
常用于“untether sth from sth”结构,表示把某物从拴系处解开。
She untethered the horse from the post.
她把马从柱子上解了下来。
be + untethered
作“be”的表语时,表示处于未被拴住的状态。
The balloon was untethered and floated away.
气球没有拴住,飘走了。
an untethered + noun
放在名词前作定语,表示“未拴系的”。
Connections
Collocations
- untethered from reality
- 脱离现实的;不切实际的
- His claims are completely untethered from reality.他的说法完全脱离现实。
- untethered spacewalk
- 无系绳太空行走
- The crew completed the first untethered spacewalk in 1984.1984年,宇航员们完成了首次无系绳太空行走。
- untethered balloon
- 未系绳的气球
- The untethered balloon drifted over the fields.那只未系绳的气球飘过田野。
- remain untethered
- 一直未系绳;保持不受束缚
- The boat remained untethered during the storm.暴风雨期间,那艘船一直未系绳。
Idioms & figurative uses
- untethered from reality
- 脱离现实的After years of isolation, he became completely untethered from reality.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 tether 想成拴马的绳子:un- 是“没有”,untethered 就是没拴绳,马自由奔跑,引申为不受限制。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:literal physical tethering、figurative lack of restriction 该词多用于正式或书面语境,可指字面上未被绳索拴住,也常喻指不受限制或摆脱束缚。日常口语中更常说 not tied up 或 free。
Pronunciation & Spelling
在给定的 /ʌnˈteðə/ 发音中,从重读音节起的 -teðə 与 tether、weather、whether、leather、feather 以及 together(/təˈɡeðə/)的 /eðə/ 相同,因此都押韵。注意,tethered、feathered 这类拼写更接近的词,实际读音常带结尾的 /d/,如 /ˈteðəd/、/ˈfeðəd/,与这里的 /teðə/ 并不完全押韵;拼写时也不要与 tether 混淆。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.