fasten

1. cause to be firmly attached;

"fasten the lock onto the door"

"she fixed her gaze on the man"

2. become fixed or fastened;

"This dress fastens in the back"

3. attach to;

"They fastened various nicknames to each other"

4. make tight or tighter;

"Tighten the wire"

来自fast, 固定的。

fasten

fasten: [OE] Etymologically, fasten means ‘make fast’; it goes back ultimately to Germanic *fastuz, source of English fast. From this was derived a verb *fastinōjan, which passed into Old English as fæstnian. To begin with this seems only to have been used in the metaphorical sense ‘settle, establish’. The more concrete ‘attach’ is not recorded until the 12th century, and the earliest reference to its use for locking or bolting a door comes from as late as the mid-18th century.
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fasten (v.)

Old English fæstnian "make fast, make firm, fix, secure," also "ratify, betroth, confirm," from Proto-Germanic *fastinon "to make firm or fast" (cognates: Old Frisian festnia "to make firm, bind fast," Old Saxon fastnon, Old High German fastnion, German festnen, Old Norse fastna "to pledge, betroth"), from PIE *fast "solid, firm" (see fast (adj.)). Related: Fastened; fastening.

fasten, tie, bind, secure, chain

这些动词都有"扎牢，捆，绑"之意。

fasten： 指把某物牢牢地拴在、钉在或锁在另一物上，使不能任意移动。

tie： 普通用词，指用绳索等将东西扎紧捆牢。

bind： 多指把两个或两个以上的人或物牢牢地系或扎在一起。

secure： 指将某物紧紧地固定起来，使之完全无损。

chain： 专指用链条或金属环将某人或某物锁住或系住。

1. Builders must fasten down roofs of newly-built homes more securely.

建造工人必须把新建房屋的屋顶固定得更牢靠些。

来自柯林斯例句

2. They fasten with a drawstring.

它们是用拉绳系紧的。

来自《权威词典》

3. Fasten your seatbelts, please.

请系好安全带。

来自《权威词典》

4. Fasten your seat belts.

系好安全带。

来自《权威词典》

5. When you sew up to this end, fasten off the thread.

当你缝到这头时, 把线打个结.

来自《简明英汉词典》