单词 | transom |
释义 | tran·som (trănsəm) n. Idiom: 1. a. A horizontal crosspiece over a door or between a door and a window above it. b. A small hinged window above a door or another window. 2. A horizontal dividing bar of wood or stone in a window. 3. A lintel. 4. Nautical a. The stern of a square-sterned boat or ship. b. Any of several transverse beams affixed to the sternpost of a wooden ship and forming part of the stern. c. The aftermost transverse structural member in a steel ship, including the floor, frame, and beam assembly at the sternpost. 5. The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows. over the transom Without being agreed to; unsolicited: They even publish a few manuscripts that come in over the transom. [Middle English traunsom, probably alteration of Latin trānstrum, cross-beam, from trāns, across; see TRANS-.] |
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