beam-ends

英[\'bi:m\'endz]
美[\'bim\'endz]

基本釋義

n.
船梁末端

實(shí)用例句

He is on his beam - ends.

他窮途末路了.

辭典例句

The unemployed worker was on his beam ends with rheumatism.

這個(gè)失業(yè)工人患了風(fēng)濕病,經(jīng)濟(jì)十分困難.

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

The sailor who had lost everything by shipwreck said that he was thrown on his beam - ends.

在海難事件中喪失一切的海員說(shuō),他已經(jīng)面臨窮途末路了.

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

英英釋義

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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