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    A long, heavy piece of wood or metal used to hold up a building or bridge - you might see wooden beams across a ceiling. 'Beam' is also a line of light, like a beam or a beam of sunlight. As a verb, 'to beam' means to smile very widely because you're happy or proud, or to send out a signal or broadcast, like beaming a TV signal to satellites.

    橫樑(建築);光束;(動詞)笑容滿面、播送信號

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原始詞典資料31 筆記錄

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Beamname

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    A surname.

beamnoun/ˈbiːm/

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    Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

    • And a letter vnto Asaph the keeper of the kings forrest, that he may giue me timber to make beames for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the Citie, and for the house that I shall enter into: And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God vpon me.
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    One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.

    • The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, / And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.
    • Lucie opened the door: and what do you think there was inside the hill?—a nice clean kitchen with a flagged floor and wooden beams—just like any other farm kitchen.
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    nauticaltransportOne of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.

    • Capt. King, from Demarara, was invaded by the gale on the evening of the 6th, in lat. 21° 51', and his vessel was thrown on her beam ends. He was forced to cut away her main-mast. Lost a man, who was washed overboard. . . . Capt. Mood, on a voyage from Alexandria (Virginia), to St. Mary's (Georgia), was, on the night of the 7th, in the Gulf Stream, to the eastward of Charlston: the wind there was east-north-east, and so hard as to throw his vessel on her beam ends. She lay several hours in this situation. Several of his crew were washed overboard.
    • 1808 Richard Hall Gower. On the Theory and Practice of Seamanship. It often happens that by a sudden squall of wind a vessel is thrown over upon her beam ends, without a prospect of recovering her erect while she remains upon the same tack, therefore attempts are made to veer her; but as the rudder lies along the surface of the water it becomes useless, and as the sails are either blown from the yards, or become unmanageable, recourse is had to cutting away the main-mast and mizen-mast, that the ship may veer under the fore-mast:-a most desperate expedient, particularly if the ship is far distant from port!
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    nauticaltransportThe maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).

    • This ship has more beam than that one.
    • Being only 280 ft. long, with a beam of 66 ft, their speed is moderate, and for a long time difficulty was experienced in steering them.
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    nauticaltransportThe direction across a vessel, perpendicular to fore-and-aft.

    • As the vessel passes a landmark, the landmark is said to be abeam. Once the vessel has passed the landmark, it falls abaft the beam, then it gradually falls astern.
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    nauticaltransportThe straight part or shank of an anchor.

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    engineeringmechanicalmechanical-engineeringThe crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.

    • The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.
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    engineeringmechanicalmechanical-engineeringIn steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft.

另外 12 個記錄的用法
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    The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.

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    natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsA ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.

    • a beam of light
    • a beam of energy
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    informalbiologynatural-scienceszoologyThe principal stem of the antler of a deer, which branches grow out from.

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    informalbiologynatural-scienceszoologyOne of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.

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    literaryThe pole of a carriage or chariot.

    • Soon after this be subdued the Pisidians who made head against him, and conquered the Phrygians, at whose chief city Gordium (which is said to have been the seat of the ancient Midas) he saw the famous chariot fastened with cords made of the bark of the Cornel-Tree, and was informed that the inhabitants had a constant tradition, that the empire of the world was reserved for him who should untie the knot. Most are of opinion, that Alexander finding that he could not untie it, because the ends of it were secretly folded up within it, cut it asunder with his sword, so that several ends appeared. But Aristobulus tells us that he very easily undid it, by only pulling the pin out of the beam which fastened the yoke to it, and afterwards drawing out the yoke itself.
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    businessmanufacturingtextilesA cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.

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    A ray; a gleam.

    • a beam of hope, or of comfort
    • Worthless and lost our offerings seem, / Drops in the ocean of his praise; / But Mercy with her genial beam / Is ripening them to pearly blaze, / To sparkle in His crown above, / Who welcomes here a child's as there an angel's love.
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    entertainmentlifestylemusicA horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.

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    rail-transportrailwaystransportAn elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.

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    gymnasticshobbieslifestyleA balance beam.

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    gymnasticshobbieslifestyleA balance beam.

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    A broad smile.

    • He could barely remove the beam from his face when he said: "Arsenal is a massive club and you feel the pressure but I try to put in performances.

beamverb/ˈbiːm/

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    To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate.

    • to beam forth light
    • Jesus beams golden light from his solar plexus into Eric's root chakra.
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    To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.

    • to beam with pride
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    To furnish or supply with beams.

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    To give the appearance of beams to.

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    literaturemediapublishingTo transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.

    • Beam me up, Scotty; there's no intelligent life down here.
    • The injured crewmembers were immediately beamed to sickbay.
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    computingengineeringmathematicsTo transmit, especially by direct wireless means such as infrared.

    • To beam a file using the File Transfer Protocol.
    • To beam a file to another Pocket PC, follow these steps: […]
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    To stretch something (for example, an animal hide) on a beam.

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    businessmanufacturingtextilesTo put (something) on a beam.

另外 1 個記錄的用法
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    entertainmentlifestylemusicTo connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。