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Fasten Firmly V Shape Make Fɑ:Sn V.使…固定(To Fix

单词 fasten
音标 ['fɑ:sn]
解释 v.使…固定(to fix sth. firmly)
红宝书 【英】 v. 固定某物(fix sth firmly)
【考】 lathe : shape / clasp : fasten(车床用来成形/釦子 用来固定)
【例】 fasten down the lid of a box
字源 fasten (v.)
Old English fæstnian "make fast, firm," also "ratify, betroth," 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, Old Norse fastna "to pledge, betroth"), from *fastuz (see fast (adj.)). Related: Fastened; fastener; fastening.
不择手段背单词 v. 固定某物; 系牢, 钉牢
【参】fastness(n 牢固; 固定; 要塞; 城堡) = stronghold
【类】lathe: shape = clasp: fasten 车床用来成型 = 釦子用来固定
【反】fastness(n 要塞)-unsecured palace(没有防卫的地方)
趣味全助记 【记】fast + en 快才能得到,搞定某物

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