tethers

n.

（拴牲畜用的）系绳( tether的名词复数 )；系链；（能力等的）限度；范围

v.

用绳子拴住（牲畜）( tether的第三人称单数 )；

1. The astronauts walked in outer space without a tether.
   宇航员在没有系绳的情况下进行太空行走。
2. This group is composed of men who had never associated themselves with rickshaws but were forced to take up the trade, because they have reached the end of their tether.
   这一些是以前决没想到自己能与洋车发生关系，而到了生和死的界限已经不甚分明，才抄起车把来的。

Transport-vesicle targeting: tethers before SNAREs.
Are desmosomes more than tethers for intermediate filaments?
CTCF tethers an insulator to subnuclear sites, suggesting shared insulator mechanisms across species
The Kinetics of L-selectin Tethers and the Mechanics of Selectin-mediated Rolling
Coats, tethers, Rabs, and SNAREs work together to mediate the intracellular destination of a transport vesicle.
Long Tethers Binding Redox Centers to Polymer Backbones Enhance Electron Transport in Enzyme “Wiring” Hydrogels
The WHI1+ gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae tethers cell division to cell size and is a cyclin homolog.
Lessons from X-chromosome inactivation: long ncRNA as guides and tethers to the epigenome
Insulin action on glucose transporters through molecular switches, tracks and tethers.
Interaction of the Bovine Papillomavirus E2 Protein with Brd4 Tethers the Viral DNA to Host Mitotic Chromosomes