- a rope or chain with which an animal is tied to restrict its movement（拴动物的）拴绳, 拴链。
with obj.
- tie (an animal) with a rope or chain so as to restrict its movement（用绳、链）拴（动物）：
the horse had been tethered to a post.
马被拴在一根柱子上。
短语
the end of one's tether
- 见END.
词源
late Middle English: from Old Norse tjóthr, from a Germanic base meaning 'fasten'.