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单词
sextant
释义
sextant
(
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e
kstənt
)
Word forms:
sextants
countable noun
A
sextant
is an instrument used for measuring angles, for example between the sun and the horizon, so that the position of a ship or aeroplane can be calculated.
So the sailor took a sextant and made the complicated set of calculations.
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to bear witness to
to be as good as one's word
to beat about the bush
to beat a retreat
to beat, kick or knock the shit out of someone
to beat one's breast
to beat or knock the living daylights out of someone
to beat someone at their own game
to beat someone at their own game
to beat someone black and blue
to beat someone's brains out
to beat the clock
to beat the drum for someone or something
to beat the shit out of someone
to be at your wits' end
to be barking up the wrong tree
to be better than nothing
to be born and bred
to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth
to be breathing down someone's neck
to be caught between a rock and a hard place
to be caught dead
to be caught short
to be caught with one's pants down
to be eaten alive
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