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单词 bitter end
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bitter end
b. Nautical. cable's end, or simply end: the last length of a cable. rope's end: a short length of rope bound at the ends with thread, used as an instrument of punishment. bitter end (see bitter n.2).
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1663 S. Pepys Diary 23 June (1971) IV. 193 I beat him and then went up to fetch my ropes end.
1801 Sir H. Parker Let. 6 Apr. in Duncan Nelson (1806) 140 They [ships] were riding with two cables end.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Rope's end, the termination of a fall, and should be pointed or whipped. Formerly much used for illegal punishment.
1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 145 Have plenty of end in the bows ready to make fast.
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