n. 带子, 线, 鞋带, 领带, 领结, 关系, 束缚, 平局, 不分胜负

vt. 系, 打结, 扎, 约束, 与...成平局

vi. 结合, 打结, 不分胜负

[机] 拉杆, 结, 扣; 扎, 绑, 打

Tie \Tie\, n.; pl. {Ties}. [AS. t[=e]ge, t?ge, t[=i]ge.
[root]64. See {Tie}, v. t.]
1. A knot; a fastening.

2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties
of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.

No distance breaks the tie of blood. --Young.

3. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. --Young.

4. An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which
prevents either party from being victorious; equality in
any contest, as a race.

5. (Arch. & Engin.) A beam or rod for holding two parts
together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which
support the track and keep it in place.

6. (Mus.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of
notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes,
signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united
in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch
are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.

7. pl. Low shoes fastened with lacings.

{Bale tie}, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale.


Tie \Tie\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tied}(Obs. {Tight}); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Tying}.] [OE. ti?en, teyen, AS. t[=i]gan, ti['e]gan,
fr. te['a]g, te['a]h, a rope; akin to Icel. taug, and AS.
te['o]n to draw, to pull. See {Tug}, v. t., and cf. {Tow} to
drag.]
1. To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind. ``Tie the
kine to the cart.'' --1 Sam. vi. 7.

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake
not the law of thy mother: bind them continually
upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
--Prov. vi.
20,21.

2. To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord;
also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord
to a tree; to knit; to knot. ``We do not tie this knot
with an intention to puzzle the argument.'' --Bp. Burnet.

3. To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.

In bond of virtuous love together tied. --Fairfax.

4. To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as
by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to
confine.

Not tied to rules of policy, you find
Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind. --Dryden.

5. (Mus.) To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved
line, or slur, drawn over or under them.

6. To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even
with.

{To ride and tie}. See under {Ride}.

{To tie down}.
(a) To fasten so as to prevent from rising.
(b) To restrain; to confine; to hinder from action.

{To tie up}, to confine; to restrain; to hinder from motion
or action.


Tie \Tie\, v. i.
To make a tie; to make an equal score.