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becket

/bek-it/US // ˈbɛk ɪt //UK // (ˈbɛkɪt) //

贝吉特,贝克特,贝特,贝卡特

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Nautical.

    • : a short length of rope for securing spars, coils of rope, etc., having an eye at one end and a thick knot or a toggle at the other, which is passed through the eye.
    • : a grommet of rope, as one used as a handle or oarlock.
    • : a grommet or eye on a block to which the standing end of a fall can be secured.
    • : a wooden cleat or hook secured to the shrouds of a sailing vessel to hold tacks and sheets not in use.

Examples

  • Sharples was brought on after Frank Gehry's replacement Ellerbe Becket's designs were compared to an airplane hangar.

  • They have even convinced Stanford University to establish a Becket-funded “Center for Religious Liberty.”

  • Becket general counsel Kyle Duncan revealed this week that the company would defy the mandate while its appeal is in the works.

  • Note to royal couple: Stay away from Canterbury Cathedral, where Thomas à Becket was whacked near the stairs to the crypt.

  • "Becket" is the best and most ambitious of them, though not, as "Queen Mary" is, a play designed for the stage.

  • Accordingly Becket excommunicated the Archbishop of York and the assistant bishops who had officiated on the occasion.

  • It was the beginning of that fierce contest in England which was made memorable by the martyrdom of Becket.

  • He saw the genius of Becket and made him his chancellor, loading him with honors and perquisites and Church benefices.

  • Becket as metropolitan of the English Church was second in rank only to the King himself.