英:['bi:m'endz]
美:['bim'endz]
英:['bi:m'endz]
美:['bim'endz]
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
The first known use of beam-ends was in 1750
1 He is on his beam - ends.
他穷途末路了.
2 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.
3 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.
4 A beam across an opening,such as a hearth,into which the ends of joists can be fitted.
托梁,承接梁穿过孔洞,如壁炉地面,到插梁末端能被固定的横梁。