beam-ends
英[\'bi:m\'endz]
美[\'bim\'endz]
基本释义
- n.
- 船梁末端
实用例句
He is on his beam - ends.
他穷途末路了.
辞典例句
The unemployed worker was on his beam ends with rheumatism.
这个失业工人患了风湿病,经济十分困难.
互联网
The sailor who had lost everything by shipwreck said that he was thrown on his beam - ends.
在海难事件中丧失一切的海员说,他已经面临穷途末路了.
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英英释义
Noun
1. (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