| 单词 | knot |
| 释义 | Word Frequency knot 1(nɒt) noun 1. any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a piece of rope, cord, etc, in upon itself, to another piece of rope, or to another object 2. a prescribed method of tying a particular knot 3. a tangle, as in hair or string 4. a decorative bow or fastening, as of ribbon or braid 5. a small cluster or huddled group 6. a tie or bond the marriage knot 7. a difficult problem 8. a protuberance or lump of plant tissues, such as that occurring on the trunks of certain trees 9. a. a hard mass of wood at the point where a branch joins the trunk of a tree b. a cross section of this, usually roundish and cross-grained, visible in a piece of timber 10. a sensation of constriction, caused by tension or nervousness his stomach was tying itself in knots 11. a. pathology a lump of vessels or fibres formed in a part, as in a muscle b. anatomy a protuberance on an organ or part 12. a unit of speed used by nautical vessels and aircraft, being one nautical mile (about 1.15 statute miles or 1.85 km) per hour 13. one of a number of equally spaced knots on a log line used to indicate the speed of a ship in nautical miles per hour 14. at a rate of knots 15. tie someone in knots 16. tie the knot verbWord forms: knots, knotting or knotted 17. (transitive) to tie or fasten in a knot 18. to form or cause to form into a knot 19. to ravel or entangle or become ravelled or entangled 20. (transitive) to make (an article or a design) by tying thread in an interlaced pattern of ornamental knots, as in macramé Derived forms knotter (ˈknotter) noun knotless (ˈknotless) adjective knotlike (ˈknotˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English cnotta; related to Old High German knoto, Old Norse knūtrWord Frequency knot 2(nɒt) noun a small northern sandpiper, Calidris canutus, with a short bill and grey plumage Word origin C15: of unknown origin |
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