bound
bound&+{1}
[baʊnd]
vb
the past tense and past participle of bind
adj
in bonds or chains; tied with or as if with a rope
a bound prisoner
restricted; confined
fogbound
destined; sure; certain
it's bound to happen
compelled or obliged to act, behave, or think in a particular way, as by duty, circumstance, or convention
(of a book) secured within a cover or bindingSee half-bound
to deliver bound books
resolved; determined
bound on winning
denoting a morpheme, such as the prefix non-, that occurs only as part of another word and not as a separate word in itself.See free .(in systemic grammar) denoting a clause that has a nonfinite predicator or that is introduced by a binder, and that occurs only together with a freestanding clause.See freestanding
(of a variable) occurring within the scope of a quantifier that indicates the degree of generality of the open sentence in which the variable occurs: in (x) (Fx → bxy), x is bound and y is freeSee free
bound
bound&+{2}
[baʊnd]
vb
to move forwards or make (one's way) by leaps or jumps
to bounce; spring away from an impact
n
a jump upwards or forwards
a sudden pronounced sense of excitement
his heart gave a sudden bound when he saw her
a bounce, as of a ball
bound
bound&+{3}
[baʊnd]
vb
to place restrictions on; limit
to form a boundary of (an area of land or sea, political or administrative region, etc)
n
a number which is greater than all the members of a set of numbers (an upper bound), or less than all its members (a lower bound).See bounded .more generally, an element of an ordered set that has the same ordering relation to all the members of a given subset.whence, an estimate of the extent of some set
See bounds
bound
bound&+{4}
[baʊnd]
adj
going or intending to go towards; on the way to.(in combination)
- 习惯用语
- bound up with closely or inextricably linked with
- I'll be bound I am sure (something) is true
- 习惯用语
- by leaps and bounds with unexpectedly rapid progess
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