单词 | beam compass |
释义 | beam /bēm/noun
ORIGIN: OE bēam tree, stock of a tree, ray of light; Ger Baum tree; perh related to Gr phȳma a growth, from phyein to grow beamˈer noun
beamˈily adverb Radiantly beamˈiness noun
beamˈing noun and adjective beamˈingly adverb beamˈish adjective Radiant beamˈless adjective
beamˈlet noun A little beam beamˈy adjective
beam compass noun An instrument consisting of a beam and adjustable legs, for drawing extra-large circles beamˈ-ends plural noun The ends of the transverse beams of a ship beamˈ-engine noun A steam-engine with a beam connecting the piston-rod and the crank of the wheel-shaft or the buckets of a pump beam sea noun One rolling against the ship's side beam splitter noun A device used to divide a beam of light, radiation, etc into two or more separate beams beam system noun A system whereby, with the aid of reflectors, short wireless waves are projected (like a lighthouse beam) in a particular direction, not radiated in all directions beam trawl noun A trawling net kept open by a beam along its upper lip, resting on runners beam trawler noun beam trawling noun beam tree noun A pleonastic name for the whitebeam beam weapon noun Any weapon whose destructive force consists of a beam of energy such as subatomic particles abaft or before the beam Behind or before a line across the greatest width of a ship broad in the beam Wide-hipped fly the beam To fly an aircraft in the direction shown by a radio beam lee beam The side away from, or towards, the wind off the beam
on her beam-ends Of a ship, so much inclined to one side that the beams become nearly vertical on one's beam-ends In acute distress, destitute on the beam
on the port (or starboard) beam Applied to any distant point out at sea, at right angles to the keel, and on the left (or right) side ride the beam same as fly the beam (see above). weather beam same as lee beam (see above). |
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