bight
/bahyt/US // baɪt //UK // (baɪt) //
海岸线,海岸边,海岸,海岸边的
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the middle part of a rope, as distinguished from the ends.
- : the loop or bent part of a rope, as distinguished from the ends.
- : a bend or curve in the shore of a sea or river.
- : a body of water bounded by such a bend.
- : a bay or gulf.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to fasten with a bight of rope.
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Examples
Humans, however, are rarely seen—the Bight is more than man can chew...
Harry had already made a bowline in a bight at the end of a line.
Toggle: A pin placed through the bight or eye of a rope to secure it round a stay, mast, etc.
Peaks, on the main topmast-stay, caught Howe in the very act of passing the gasket through the bight of the buntline.
I was deep in the bottle-neck bight of the sands, jammed on a lee shore, and a strong flood tide sweeping me on.
Reaching the rope over his head, he went up, hand over hand, till he had slack enough to make a bight for one of his feet.
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