1
- a fastening made by tying a piece of string, rope, or something similar（线、绳等系成的）结。
1.1
- a particular method of tying a knot结绳的方法：
you need to master two knots, the clove hitch and the sheet bend.
你需要掌握两种打结的方法, 卷结和接索结。
1.2
- a tangled mass in something such as hair（毛发等的）缠结。
1.3
- an ornamental ribbon饰带。
2
- a knob, protuberance, or node in a stem, branch, or root（干、枝、根等处的）结瘤。
2.1
- a hard mass formed in a tree trunk at the intersection with a branch, resulting in a round cross-grained piece in timber when cut through（树干和树枝结合部的）节疤（剖成木材时显出环形斜纹）。
2.2
- a hard lump of tissue in an animal or human body（动物或人体内的）硬结, 硬块。
2.3
- a tense constricted feeling in the body体内紧缩感：
the knot of tension at the back of her neck.
她颈后的紧缩感。
2.4
- a small tightly packed group of people（挤在一起的）一小群人：
the little knot of people clustered around the doorway.
聚集在门口的一小群人。
3
- a unit of speed equivalent to one nautical mile per hour, used especially of ships, aircraft, or winds节（速度单位, 等于1海里/小时）。
3.1
- chiefly historical a length marked by knots on a log line, as a measure of speed〈主史〉测速绳节：
some days the vessel logged 12 knots.
有些天, 船以12节的速度行驶。
(knotted, knotting)with obj.
1
- fasten with a knot用结拴住, 系住：
the scarves were knotted loosely around their throats.
围巾松松地系在他们的脖子上。
1.1
- make (a carpet or other decorative item) with knots打结编织（地毯等饰物）。
1.2
- make (something, especially hair) tangled使（尤指头发）缠结。
2
- cause (a muscle) to become tense and hard使（肌肉）紧张发硬。
2.1
- no obj.(of the stomach) tighten as a result of nervousness or tension（胃）（因紧张或压力）绷紧。
短语
at a rate of knots
- Brit. informal very fast〈英, 非正式〉飞快地。
get knotted
- Brit. informal used to express contemptuous rejection of someone〈英, 非正式〉（用于表示对某人的轻蔑拒绝）滚开, 见鬼去吧。
tie someone (up) in knots
- informal make someone completely confused〈非正式〉使困惑：
they tied themselves in knots over what to call the country.
他们很困惑, 不知该如何称呼那个国家。
tie the knot
- informal get married〈非正式〉结婚。
派生词
knotless
adjectiveknotter
noun词源
Old English cnotta, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch knot.
(复同单, 或knots)
1- a small, relatively short-billed sandpiper, with a reddish-brown or blackish breast in the breeding season滨鹬。
1.1
- Genus Calidris, family Scolopacidae: two species, in particular the red knot (C. canutus), which breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere.滨鹬属, 鹬科：2种, 尤指在北极地带繁殖和冬季迁徙南半球的红腹滨鹬（拉丁名C. canutus）。
词源
late Middle English: of unknown origin.