- tie or fasten (something) tightly together紧系, 紧拴, 固定：
floating bundles of logs bound together with ropes
用绳索捆扎的漂浮着的圆木排
they bound her hands and feet.
他们捆住了她的手和脚。
- restrain (someone) by tying their hands and feet捆绑…的手和脚：
the raider then bound and gagged Mr Glenn.
袭击者然后绑住格伦先生, 并塞住他的嘴。
- wrap (something) tightly紧紧包住（或裹住）：
her hair was bound up in a towel.
她的头发用毛巾紧紧裹住。
- bandage (a wound)包扎（伤口）：
Shelley cleaned the wound and bound it up with a clean dressing.
谢利洗净伤口, 然后用干净的敷料包扎好。
be bound with
(of an object) be encircled by something, typically metal bands, so as to have greater strength（物品）装有金属箍：an ancient oak chest bound with brass braces.
一只有黄铜箍的古代橡木箱。
- Linguistics (of a rule or set of grammatical conditions) determine the relationship between (coreferential noun phrases)【语言学】（规则, 语法条件）决定（共指名词词组）之间的关系, 约束。
- cause (people) to feel that they belong together or form a cohesive group使有归属感, 使团结在一起：
the comradeship that had bound such a disparate bunch of lads together.
把这样一群各不相同的小伙子团结在一起的同志情谊。
bind someone to
cause someone to feel strongly attached to (a person or place)使亲近, 使依恋, 使离不开（某人或某地）：touches like that had bound men to him for life.
使人们终生对他有亲近感的诸如此类的手法。
- cohere or cause to cohere in a single mass（使）粘合成一团：
with obj. the trees bind soil and act as a windbreak树林和泥土紧紧黏合在一起形成了一道防风的屏障
no obj. clay is made up chiefly of tiny soil particles which bind together tightly.陶土主要是由紧紧黏合在一起的细小的土壤颗粒做成的。
- cause (ingredients) to cohere by adding another ingredient使（各成分）黏合：
mix the flour with the coconut and enough egg white to bind them.
在面粉中混入椰子和足够的蛋清, 使之黏合。
- cause (painting pigments) to form a smooth medium by mixing them with oil（用油）调和（颜料）。
- hold by chemical bonding用化学黏合剂固定。
- no obj.(bind to) combine with (a substance) through chemical bonding用化学黏合剂与…黏合。
- formal impose a legal or contractual obligation on〈正式〉使负法律（或合同）义务：
a party who signs a document will normally be bound by its terms.
签订文件的一方通常要受其条款的约束。
- indenture (someone) as an apprentice订立契约使做学徒：
he was bound apprentice at the age of sixteen.
他16岁当学徒。
bind oneself
formal make a contractual or enforceable undertaking〈正式〉立约保证; 明确承诺：the government cannot bind itself as to the form of subsequent legislation.
政府不能明确保证随后的立法将采取何种形式。
- secure (a contract), typically with a sum of money（尤指用定金）敲定, 获得（合同）。
be bound by
be hampered or constrained by受…阻碍（或约束）：Sarah did not want to be bound by a rigid timetable.
萨拉不想被严格的时间表束缚。
- fix together and enclose (the pages of a book) in a cover装订（图书）：
a small, fat volume, bound in red morocco.
用红色搓纹革装订的厚厚的小开本书。
- trim (the edge of a piece of material) with a decorative strip给…镶边：
a frill with the edges bound in a contrasting colour.
边沿用对比色做成的褶边。
- Logic (of a quantifier) be applied to (a given variable) so that the variable falls within its scope. For example, in an expression of the form 'For every x, if x is a dog, x is an animal', the universal quantifier is binding the variable x.【逻】（量词）适用于（给定的变量）。
- (of a food or medicine) make (someone) constipated（食物, 药品）使便秘。
- informal an annoyance〈非正式〉恼怒, 不快：
I know being disturbed on Christmas Day is a bind.
我知道在圣诞节被打扰是让人不快的事。
- a problematical situation困境, 尴尬的处境：
he is in a political bind over the abortion issue.
堕胎问题使他在政治上陷入了困境。
- formal a statutory constraint〈正式〉法律约束：
the moral bind of the law.
法律上的道德约束。
bind someone hand and foot
- 见HAND.
bind off
- N. Amer. cast off in knitting〈北美〉收针。
bind someone over
- (of a court or law) require someone to fulfil an obligation, typically by paying a sum of money as surety（法庭, 法律）命某人具结保证：
he was bound over to keep the peace by magistrates.
治安官命他具结保证不扰乱治安。