单词 | beam |
释义 | Word Frequency beam(biːm) noun 1. a long thick straight-sided piece of wood, metal, concrete, etc, esp one used as a horizontal structural member 2. any rigid member or structure that is loaded transversely 3. the breadth of a ship or boat taken at its widest part, usually amidships 4. a ray or column of light, as from a beacon 5. a broad smile 6. one of the two cylindrical rollers on a loom, one of which holds the warp threads before weaving, the other the finished work 7. the main stem of a deer's antler from which the smaller branches grow 8. the central shaft of a plough to which all the main parts are attached 9. a narrow unidirectional flow of electromagnetic radiation or particles a beam of light an electron beam 10. the horizontal centrally pivoted bar in a balance 11. informal the width of the hips (esp in the phrase broad in the beam) 12. a beam in one's eye 13. off beam 14. on the beam verb 15. to send out or radiate (rays of light) 16. (transitive) to divert or aim (a radio signal or broadcast, light, etc) in a certain direction the event will be beamed live from Tokyo 17. to pass (data, esp business card details, etc) from one handheld computer to anotherby means of infrared beams 18. (intransitive) to smile broadly with pleasure or satisfaction Derived forms beamed adjective beaming (ˈbeaming) adjective, noun beamless (ˈbeamless) adjective beamlike (ˈbeamˌlike) adjective beamy (ˈbeamy) adjective Word origin Old English beam; related to Gothic bagms tree, Old High German boum tree |
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