Knot
[nɒt] or [nɑt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere.
(noun.) any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object.
(noun.) a tight cluster of people or things; 'a small knot of women listened to his sermon'; 'the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest'.
(noun.) something twisted and tight and swollen; 'their muscles stood out in knots'; 'the old man's fists were two great gnarls'; 'his stomach was in knots'.
(noun.) a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; 'the saw buckled when it hit a knot'.
(verb.) tie or fasten into a knot; 'knot the shoelaces'.
(verb.) make into knots; make knots out of; 'She knotted her fingers'.
以斯拉錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.
(n.) A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself.
(n.) An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.
(n.) A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
(n.) Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a perplexity; a problem.
(n.) A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc.
(n.) A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians.
(n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.
(n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
(n.) A protuberant joint in a plant.
(n.) The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
(n.) See Node.
(n.) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour.
(n.) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.
(n.) A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot.
(n.) A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne.
(v. t.) To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle.
(v. t.) To unite closely; to knit together.
(v. t.) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.
(v. i.) To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled.
(v. i.) To knit knots for fringe or trimming.
(v. i.) To copulate; -- said of toads.
伯特校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Entanglement, complication.[2]. Tie, connection, bond of union.[3]. Joint, node, knag.[4]. Tuft, bunch.[5]. Group, band, clique, gang, crew, squad, cluster, set, pack.[6]. Nautical mile.
v. a. Entangle, tie, complicate.
鲍里斯校對
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Tie, bond, intricacy, difficulty, perplexity, cluster, collection, band, group,protuberance, joint
ANT:Loosening, unfastening, dissolution, solution, explication, unravelling,dispersion, multitude, crowd, indentation, evenness, smoothness, cavity
弗兰克編輯
解釋/意思:
n. a bunch of threads or the like entangled or twisted: an interlacement of parts of a cord &c. by twisting the ends about each other and then drawing tight the loops thus formed: a piece of ribbon lace &c. folded or tied upon itself in some particular form as shoulder-knot breast-knot &c.: anything like a knot in form: a bond of union: a difficulty: the gist of a matter: a cluster: the part of a tree where a branch shoots out: an epaulet: (naut.) a division of the knot-marked log-line: a nautical mile.—v.t. to tie in a knot: to unite closely.—v.i. to form knots or joints: to knit knots for a fringe:—pr.p. knot′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. knot′ted.—n. Knot′-grass a common weed or grass so called from the numerous joints or knots of its stem.—adjs. Knot′less without knots; Knot′ted full of or having knots: having intersecting lines or figures.—n. Knot′tiness.—adj. Knot′ty containing knots: hard rugged: difficult: intricate.—n. Knot′work ornamental work made with knots.—Bowline knot (see Bow); Granny knot (see Granny); Porters' knot a pad for supporting burdens on the head; Square knot a knot used in tying reef-points so that the ends come out alongside the standing parts; Surgeons' knot a square or reef knot used in tying a ligature round a cut artery; True lovers' knot a kind of double knot with two bows and two ends an emblem of interwoven affections.—Cut the knot to solve a problem slap-dash (cf. Gordian).
n. a wading-bird much resembling a snipe sometimes said but without evidence to be named from King Cnut or Canute.
整理:罗威娜
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream of seeing knots, denotes much worry over the most trifling affairs. If your sweetheart notices another, you will immediately find cause to censure him. To tie a knot, signifies an independent nature, and you will refuse to be nagged by ill-disposed lover or friend.
约西亚整理
例句/造句/用法:
- If she had succeeded in doing so, the intricate knot which I was slowly and patiently operating on might perhaps have been cut by circumstances. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It was metal, ‘elastic metal,’ as Daniel Webster termed it, that could be wound round the finger, or tied into a knot, and which preserved its elasticity like steel. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- But in such striking-out he tangles his arms, pulls strong on the slip-knot, and it runs home. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- His sufferings were hailed with the greatest joy by a knot of spectators, and I felt utterly confounded. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Then I made one, and Charley made one, and the pen wouldn't join Charley's neatly, but twisted it up into a knot. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- There were two or three other men in the room, congregated in a little knot, and noiselessly talking among themselves. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The boy's right,' remarked Fagin, looking covertly round, and knitting his shaggy eyebrows into a hard knot. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Some were for getting flambeaux of pine-knots. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Our rate could not have been less than eight knots. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- At last Clayton saw the immense muscles of Tarzan's shoulders and biceps leap into corded knots beneath the silver moonlight. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The length of the Great Eastern was 692 feet, beam 83 feet, depth 57? feet, draft 25? feet, displacement 27,000 tons, and speed 12 knots. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- These words fell like the knell of doom-- All those top-knots must be cut off. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Knots of politicians were assembled with anxious brows and loud or deep voices. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I won't take one of the others,' said Bella, tying the knots of the bundle very tight, in the severity of her resolution. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She was much given to tying up her head in a pocket-handkerchief, knotted under the chin. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- They gave her SUCH pleasure, as they lay, the three circles, with their knotted jewels, entangled in her palm. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Before the drum sat three old females, each armed with a knotted branch fifteen or eighteen inches in length. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- You are fatigued, said madame, raising her glance as she knotted the money. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Lily had an odd sense of being behind the social tapestry, on the side where the threads were knotted and the loose ends hung. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- He hasn't,' repeated the other to his knotted stick, as he gave it a hug; 'he hasn't got--ha! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- With the aid of his indispensable cap, he represented a man with his elbows bound fast at his hips, with cords that were knotted behind him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- He showed and claimed for the first time the knotting bill, which loops and forms the knot, and the turning cord holder for retaining the end of the cord. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Knotting my tie and looking in the glass I looked strange to myself in the civilian clothes. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
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