untie
gb/ʌntˈaɪ/ us/ʌntˈaɪ/
B1
Anglų
kiold, kibont, kicsomóz, eloldoz, elold
VEIKSMAŽODIS
B1
1
Vartosenos šablonas:
untie [something]
Can you help me untie this knot? It’s too tight.
Segítenél kioldani ezt a csomót? Túl szoros.
She bent down to untie her shoelaces before coming inside.
Lehajolt, hogy kioldja a cipőfűzőjét, mielőtt bejött.
He carefully untied the ribbon on the gift box.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
I untied my shoes.
Kioldottam a cipőfűzőmet.
Please untie the ribbon.
Kérlek, oldd ki a szalagot.
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes use *open* instead of *untie* for shoelaces; *open* is not used for knots.
Reikšmė
undo a knot or bow
Kolokacijos
untie your shoelaces
|untie a knot
|untie a bow
|untie a ribbon
|untie the rope
|untie the string
|untie the package
|untie the bag
|untie a scarf
|untie your hair
Sinonimai
undo (Often used for knots and fastenings in general.)
|
unfasten (More general; not only for knots (e.g., buttons, straps).)
Antonimai
tie (To make a knot or bow.)
|
knot (To form a knot in a rope or string.)
Temos
daily_life
|clothing
|tools
Apibrėžimas
To make something not tied by undoing the knot.
To loosen and remove a knot or bow in a rope, string, shoelaces, etc., so it is no longer tied.
VEIKSMAŽODIS
B2
2
Vartosenos šablonas:
untie [someone/something] (from [something])
They untied the dog and let it run in the yard.
Eloldották a kutyát, és hagyták, hogy szaladgáljon az udvaron.
The magician asked a volunteer to untie his hands.
A bűvész megkért egy önkéntest, hogy oldozza el a kezét.
She untied the boat from the dock before pushing off.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
He untied the dog.
Eloldotta a kutyát.
They untied her hands.
Eloldozták a kezét.
Dažna klaida:
Don’t confuse *untie* (remove a rope/knot) with *release* (let someone go in general).
Reikšmė
free someone or something bound
Kolokacijos
untie someone
|untie his hands
|untie her wrists
|untie the dog
|untie the boat
|untie the horse
|untie someone from a chair
|untie the prisoner
|untie the rope around
|untie the straps
Sinonimai
unbound (Focuses on removing bindings; less common in everyday speech.)
|
free (More general; may not specify that ropes or knots were involved.)
Antonimai
tie up (To bind or restrain with rope, string, etc.)
|
bind (To restrain by tying or wrapping tightly.)
Temos
daily_life
|animals
|safety
Apibrėžimas
To free someone or something that is tied.
To remove or loosen what is tying someone or something up, so that they are no longer bound or restrained.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
untie
IPA
GB/ʌntˈaɪ/
US/ʌntˈaɪ/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
un - tie (2 skiemenys)
Stress on 2nd syllable (tie)
Žodžio formos
Verb
- Base: untie
- 3rd Person Singular: unties
- Present Participle: untying
- Past: untied
Posakiai
untie someone’s hands
1/ʌntˈaɪ sˈʌmwˌʌnz hˈændz/
idiom
give someone freedom to act
To let someone do something without rules stopping them.
Pavyzdžiai
- If you untie her hands, she’ll find a faster way to finish the project.
- Budget cuts tied our hands, but the new funding will untie them.
- The manager untied the team’s hands and told them to choose their own tools.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- The boss untied my hands to solve the problem.
untie the knot
1/ʌntˈaɪ ðə nˈɑt/
idiom
literary
solve a complicated problem
To solve a difficult problem.
Pavyzdžiai
- It took a mediator to untie the knot between the two departments.
- We need to untie the knot of regulations before anything can change.
- Months of careful negotiation finally untied the knot.
untie the purse strings
1/ʌntˈaɪ ðə pˈɚs stɹˈɪŋz/
idiom
start spending money more freely
To be willing to spend money.
Pavyzdžiai
- The company finally untied the purse strings for staff training.
- We’re hoping the council will untie the purse strings and fund the repairs.
- After months of delays, investors untied the purse strings and the project moved forward.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- They untied the purse strings and bought new computers.