| 单词 | bight |
| 释义 | bight From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishGeographybightbight /baɪt/ noun [countable]SGa slight bend or curve in a coastExamples from the Corpusbight• Sal sent the sack up on a bight of slack, then came up on a tight rope and the sling.• With their secluded anchorages and bights, Anacapa and the other Channel Islands fairly beckon sailboat skippers.• That night we slid into Tomb Bay, where Lycian rock tombs glare over a sheltered bight and cicadas yell from oleanders.• The two lengths of string are held together side by side and are knotted together with two simple bights about an inch apart.Origin bight Old English byht |
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