transom
/tran-suhm/US // ˈtræn səm //UK // (ˈtrænsəm) //
横梁,横档,横杆,横梁式
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- : Also called transom light, transom window. a window above such a crosspiece.
- : a crossbar of wood or stone, dividing a window horizontally.
- : a window so divided.
- : Nautical. a flat termination to a stern, above the water line.framework running athwartships in way of the sternpost of a steel or iron vessel, used as a support for the frames of the counter.
- : Artillery. a metal piece connecting the sidepieces of the tail or the cheeks of a gun carriage.
Examples
News does not come over the transom; reporters have to work hard to get it.
Plus, Con Ed gets first dibs on whatever comes over the transom.
Instantly a sweet voice was heard through the open transom of the door behind which her thoughts were already concentrated.
No one knew when he slept, while curious whirring noises were heard over the transom after the fall of night.
He had the Yankee body, lank and ribbed, and was so tall that his head seemed always looking over a transom.
The transom was open, leaving an aperture of about three inches.
Again Morgan lifted his eyes to the midnight orbs beyond the transom.
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