" Do I need to take these extra classes? " Because, really, the only benefit that I was gonna get from the honors program was graduating with a cord around my neck and the ability to put 'honors grad' on my resume.

" 我需要上这些额外课吗? " 因为，说真，我能从这荣誉项目中唯好处就是在毕业时候脖子上戴上根绳结，并且能在简历中写上“荣誉毕业生”称号。

The knots of your package must be tied tightly.

你包裹上绳结必须扎紧。

But the cord had been too well secured, and he only drew the knots tighter.

但是鞭绳系太牢固了，他反而是把绳结越拉越紧。

This noose slid as far as the caudal fins and came to a halt.

这绳结直滑尾鳍就停了下来。

For example, when you are tying your shoes, you take the little strings in your shoes, such as tennis shoes we called those strings shoelaces - and you tie knots in them so that they're tight.

举例子，你在系鞋带时，把些绳穿在你鞋里，如网球鞋，那些绳子我们叫作鞋带——你在鞋带上打绳结，这样他们就紧了。

The theory is that surveyors could stretch a knotted rope with twelve equal segments to form a triangle with sides of length 3, 4 and 5.

该理论认为测量人员可以伸展被绳结分成12份绳子，来形成边长为 3，4，5 三角形。

But Wormtail, who had finished conjuring the ropes, did not reply; he was busy checking the tightness of the cords, his fingers trembling uncontrollably, fumbling over the knots.

但虫尾巴没有回答。他已经捆完了绳子，正忙检查捆紧不紧。他手指控制不住地颤抖，摸索绳结。

But Wormtail, who had finished conjuring the ropes, did not reply; he was busy checking the tightness of the cords, his fingers trembling uncontrollably, rumbling over the knots.

但虫尾巴没有回答。他已经捆完了绳子，正忙检查捆紧不紧。他手指控制不住地颤抖，摸索绳结。

But eventually he injured himself during a ballad when he rode over a knot in a carbon fibre cord the length of an aircraft wing.

但是最终在（演奏）曲民谣时他伤了自己，当时他正骑车越过条飞行器翅膀那么长碳纤维绳子上绳结。

I need not open the box, and should not, of course, without that foolish boy's consent, even if the knot were untied.

没有这傻男孩同意，我不应该打开盒子，即使这绳结被解开了。

But, at all events, her curiosity was stronger than ever. Her eyes fell upon the knot of gold cord!

无论如何，她好奇心无比强烈，她眼睛盯上了金绳结！

Ben took his parcel to the table, and began to examine the knot, and then to untie it.

本将他手里包裹放在桌子上，开始检查绳结，然后把它解开了。

So she took the golden knot in her fingers and looked into it as sharply as she could.

她用手指抓住绳结，并仔细向里面观察。

It must have been a clever person who tied this knot, said Pandora to herself.

系上绳结人定很聪明，潘多拉自言自语道。

There appeared to be no end to this knot, and no beginning. Never was a knot so cunningly twisted with so many ins and outs.

绳结似乎没有尽头，没有起始，从没见过如此巧妙编织绳结。

It wouldn't have loosened the knot, or kept the drop up, a minute longer.

它不会松开绳结，也不会让水滴继续上升分钟。

" Her hands're tied." He freed the knot and the binding dropped.

“她手被绑住了。”他解开绳结，绳结掉了下来。

And he climaxed his talk by building some knots.

他通过制作些绳结来达演讲高潮。

Does a giraffe know how to untie a knot? No.

长颈鹿知道如何解绳结吗？不。

There have been some tantalizing breakthroughs  about the Inca khipu - knotted cords believed to be for record-keeping. Recent studies  suggest that the khipu could contain long-lost Inca myths and stories  stored phonetically within their knots.

关于印加奇普——据信用于保存记录绳结， 已经有了些诱人突破。最近研究表明， 奇普可能包含失传已久印加神话和故事，这些神话和故事以语音形式存储在它们结中。