string
noun/strɪŋ/
/strɪŋ/
Idioms 
enlarge image[uncountable, countable] long, thin material used for tying things together, made of several threads that have been twisted together; a piece of string used to fasten or pull something or keep something in place细绳；线；带子 - a piece/length/ball of string
一根／一段／一团细绳 - He wrapped the package in brown paper and tied it with string.
他用棕色包装纸把包裹包好，又用细绳捆上。 - The key is hanging on a string by the door.
钥匙拴在门边的带子上。
Extra Examples- He pulled the string tight.
他拉紧绳子。 - I cut a length of string to tie up the package.
我剪下一段细绳来捆扎包裹。 - There's a knot in the string.
绳上有个结。 - Tie the string around the parcel.
将绳子系在包裹上。 - He wound the string into a ball.
他把细绳缠成一团。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- taut
- tight
- loose
- …
- bit
- length
- piece
- …
- tie
- tie something up with
- undo
- …
- vest
- in the string
- string of
- a piece/length/ball of string
- [countable] a set or series of things that are joined together, for example on a string
enlarge image一串 - a string of pearls
一串珍珠 - The molecules join together to form long strings.
分子连接在一起形成长串。
- a string of pearls
- [countable] string of something a series of things or people that come closely one after another
一系列；一连串；一批 - The band had a string of hits in the nineties.
该乐队在 90 年代有一系列热门单曲。 - He owns a string of racing stables.
他有好多个赛马训练场。
Extra Examples- There's been a whole string of accidents at that corner.
那个角落发生了一连串的事故。 - This is the latest in a string of scandals associated with the president.
这是与总统有关的一系列丑闻中的最新一起。 - a tennis player with a long string of successes on grass courts
在草地球场上取得一系列成功的网球运动员 - After winning a string of elections, the party suddenly went into decline.
在赢得一系列选举后，该党突然走向衰落。 - He had a whole string of broken relationships in his past.
他过去有过一连串破裂的关系。 - The treatment is available in a string of clinics across the country.
全国各地的多家诊所均可提供这种治疗。 - The company owns a string of casinos in Nevada.
该公司在内华达拥有好多个赌场。
- The band had a string of hits in the nineties.
- [countable] a series of characters (= letters, numbers, etc.)
字符串 - to key in/enter a search string
键入／输入搜索字符串
- to key in/enter a search string
- [countable] a tightly stretched piece of wire, nylon, or catgut on a musical instrument, that produces a musical note when the instrument is played
enlarge image弦 - Play it on the G string.
以 G 弦演奏。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- open
- guitar
- violin
- …
- tune
- loosen
- tighten
- …
- break
- vibrate
- instrument
- on a/the string
- Play it on the G string.
enlarge imagestrings[plural] the group of musical instruments in an orchestra that have strings, for example violins; the people who play them（管弦乐团的）弦乐器，弦乐器组 - The opening theme is taken up by the strings.
开始的主旋律由弦乐继续发展。
- The opening theme is taken up by the strings.
- [countable] any of the tightly stretched pieces of nylon or natural gut in a racket, used for hitting balls in tennis and some other sports
弦 - strings[plural] special conditions or limits
特定条件（或限制） - Major loans like these always come with strings.
诸如此类的大宗贷款总有一些附带条件。 - It's a business proposition, pure and simple. No strings attached.
这只是个业务建议，仅此而已。没有任何附带条件。
- Major loans like these always come with strings.
for tying/fastening
things joined
series
computing
musical instruments
on tennis racket
conditions
Word OriginOld English streng (noun), of Germanic origin; related to German Strang, also to strong. The verb (dating from late Middle English) is first recorded in the senses ‘arrange in a row’ and ‘fit with a string’.
Idioms
(tied to) somebody’s apron strings
- (too much under) the influence and control of somebody
（过分受）某人的影响（或控制） - The British prime minister is too apt to cling to Washington's apron strings.
英国首相对华盛顿过于唯命是从。
- The British prime minister is too apt to cling to Washington's apron strings.
have another string/more strings to your bow
- (British English) to have more than one skill or plan that you can use if you need to
还另有一手；有两手准备 - The exhibition shows that he has other strings to his artistic bow.
这次展览表明他在艺术上还有其他的基础。
- The exhibition shows that he has other strings to his artistic bow.
how long is a piece of string?
- (British English, informal) used to say that there is no definite answer to a question
一条线有多长（意指没有确切的答案） - ‘How long will it take?’ ‘How long's a piece of string?’
“需要多长时间？”“没准儿。”
- ‘How long will it take?’ ‘How long's a piece of string?’
pull strings (for somebody)
(North American English also pull wires)
- (informal) to use your influence in order to get an advantage for somebody
凭影响（为某人）谋利益；（为某人）活动，走后门
pull the strings
- to control events or the actions of other people
幕后操纵；暗中控制