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beam/bi:m/ n. & v.●n. 1 a long sturdy piece of squared timber or metal spanning an opening or room, usu. to support the structure above (通常支撑上部结构的) (横)梁 2a a ray or shaft of light 光线，光柱 b a directional flow of particles or radiation (粒子或射线的)束 3 a bright look or smile 笑容，喜色 4a a series of radio or radar signals as a guide to a ship or aircraft (导航用无线电或雷达的)射束，波束 b the course indicated by this 射束指示的航道 off beam 偏离射束指示的航道；不正确的 5 the crossbar of a balance 秤杆 6a a ship's breadth at its widest point 船宽 b the width of a person's hips (esp. 尤用于 broad in the beam 臀部肥大的) 臀围 7 (in pl. 用复数) the horizontal cross-timbers of a ship supporting the deck and joining the sides 船的横梁 8 the side of a ship 船舷 land on the port beam 从靠码头的一侧上岸 9 the chief timber of a plough 犁柄 10 the cylinder in a loom on which the warp or cloth is wound 织轴 11 the main stem of a stag's antlers (鹿角的)主干 12 the lever in an engine connecting the piston rod and crank (发动机的)传动杆 13 the shank of an anchor 锚柄 ●v. 1 tr. emit or direct (light, radio waves, etc.) 散发(光)；定向发射(无线电波等) 2 intr.a shine 照耀 b look or smile radiantly 满面笑容，满面春风 3 (often foll. by 常后跟 up, down) (in science fiction 在科幻小说中)a intr. travel from one point to another along an invisible beam of energy 在不可见的能柱上从一点到另一点 b tr. transport in this way 在不可见的能柱上运送 □ a beam in one's eye a fault that is greater in oneself than in the person one is finding fault with (see Matt. 7:3) 自身的重大缺点(见《马太福音》 7:3) □ off (or off the) beam colloq. mistaken [口]错的 □ on the beam colloq. on the right track [口]正确 □ on the beam-ends (of a ship) on its side; almost capsizing (船)侧倾几乎要翻 □ on one's beam-ends near the end of one's resources 快把钱财用完，十分拮据 [Old English bēam ‘tree’, from West Germanic] |