beam-ends

beam-ends读音音标

英[\\\'bi:m\\\'endz]

美[\\\'bim\\\'endz]

基本意思释义

n.船梁末端

短语及实用例句

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.

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.

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