名词 fastening:

1. restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

2. the act of fastening things together

fastenvt.拴紧；使固定；系；强加于vi.固定；系紧；抓紧fastening steel pipe扣件式钢管Fasten your seat belt系好你的安全带fastener copper strip纽扣带Fastened on a pretext抓住某种借口fasten a quarrel with和Fasten on a notion.坚持一种观念fasten off the thread把线打个结系牢fasten upon a pretext抓住某种借口fasten box with a lock把你的箱子锁好fasten and hang system扣挂系统

1. Fastenings on a ski for securing the boot.
   皮靴固定装置为使滑雪靴牢固而在雪橇上设置的扣拴
2. The sails are not responding to our pull on the ropes; the fastenings must got twisted somehow.
   现在我们用绳索拉不动风帆，一定是有些扣拴不知怎么地被扭曲了。