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.

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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

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