roping

基本解释

In calf roping, baby calves weighing less than 300 pounds are forced to run at speeds in excess of 25 miles per hour when they are roped.
在套小牛比赛中，体重小于300磅的小牛犊被强迫以超过每小时25英里的速度奔跑，然后被突然套住。
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The boots with heels two inches high, the better to rest in the stirrups or dig into the ground while roping a calf, may have appeared exotic to a dude, but they were absolutely practical.
有两英寸跟的靴子对于踩着马镫休息或者站稳脚跟套小牛更有好处。这种靴子出现在异国的纨绔子弟中，但是他们相当的实用。
He filled the gap in his argument by waffling about the risk posed today by Iran, also roping in Yemen and Somalia.
他没完没了地说伊朗造成的威胁，还拉上了也门和索马里，以此来填补自己主张的缺陷。

Sources in the banking industry say he may be very close to roping in a large Asian coal consumer as an equity investor.
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A rope is a thick cord or wire that is made by twisting together several thinner cords or wires. Ropes are used for jobs such as pulling cars, tying up boats, or tying things together.
If you rope one thing to another, you tie the two things together with a rope.
If you give someone enough rope to hang themselves, you give them the freedom to do a job in their own way because you hope that their attempts will fail and that they will look foolish.
If you are learning the ropes, you are learning how a particular task or job is done.
If you know the ropes, you know how a particular job or task should be done.
If you show someone the ropes, you show them how to do a particular job or task.