Beam

[biːm] or [bim]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction.

(noun.) the broad side of a ship; 'they sighted land on the port beam'.

(noun.) (nautical) breadth amidships.

(noun.) a column of light (as from a beacon).

(noun.) a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation.

(verb.) smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression.

(verb.) express with a beaming face or smile; 'he beamed his approval'.

校對:梅雷迪思--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

(n.) One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.

(n.) The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another.

(n.) The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.

(n.) The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches.

(n.) The pole of a carriage.

(n.) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.

(n.) The straight part or shank of an anchor.

(n.) The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.

(n.) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam.

(n.) A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.

(n.) Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.

(n.) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.

(v. t.) To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.

(v. i.) To emit beams of light.

校對:维托

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Girder, piece of timber.[2]. Ray, pencil, streak, gleam, GLIMMER.

v. n. Shine, emit rays.

v. a. Shoot forth, emit in rays or beams.

布丽奇特編輯

解釋/意思:

n. a large and straight piece of timber or iron forming one of the main supports against lateral pressure of a building ship &c.: (fig.) from the figure of the mote and the beam—Matt. vii. 3: any of the transverse pieces of framing extending across a ship's hull the greatest width of a ship or boat: the part of a balance from which the scales hang: the pole of a carriage: a cylinder of wood in a loom: a ray of light.—v.t. to send forth light: to shine.—n. Beam′-en′gine a steam-engine which has a beam connecting the piston-rod with the crank of the wheel-shaft as distinguished from one that has its piston-rod directly attached to the crank.—adv. Beam′ily.—n. Beam′iness.—adjs. Beam′less without beams: emitting no rays of light; Beam′y shining.—A beam sea one rolling against the ship's side.—Before the beam the bearing of any object when seen more in advance than on the beam; Abaft the beam the reverse.—Lee or Weather beam the side away from or towards the wind.—On her beam ends a phrase applied to the position of a ship when so much inclined to one side that the beams become nearly vertical.—On the starboard beam applied to any distant point out at sea at right angles to the keel and on the starboard or right-hand (as viewed from the stern) side of the ship; On the port beam similarly applies to the left hand.

校對:蒂米