| 单词 | beam-ends |
| 释义 | beam-ends (once / 26741 pages) n WORD FAMILY beam-ends USAGE EXAMPLESEverything was reeling about him; the yacht stood nearly upon her beam-ends as she climbed on the waves. Sinclair, Upton, A Captain of Industry—Being the Sto...(2012) But the Dart was already lying on her beam-ends, heaving, groaning and quivering throughout every timber, in the fierce embrace of the tremendous blast! Various, The Portland Sketch Book(2012) In a few minutes the vessel filled and went on her beam-ends. Drake, Samuel Adams, Nooks and Corners of the New Englan...(2012) n (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel "on her beam-ends" means heeled over on the side so that the deck is almost vertical Hyper face, side a surface forming part of the outside of an object |
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