bight
英 [baɪt]
美[baɪt]
- n. 海湾，绳圈；曲线
中文词源
bight 海湾
词源同bow, 弯，形容海湾诸多弯弯角角。
英文词源
- bight
- bight: see bow
- bight (n.)
- Old English byht "bend, angle, corner" (related to bow), from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (cognates: Middle Low German bucht, German Bucht, Dutch bocht, Danish bught "bight, bay"), from PIE root *bheug- (3) "to bend," with derivatives referring to bent, pliable, or curved objects (cognates: Old English beag, Old High German boug "ring;" see bow (v.)). Sense of "indentation on a coastline" is from late 15c.
双语例句
- 1. the Great Australian Bight
- 大澳大利亚湾
来自《权威词典》
- 2. A country of west - central Africa on the Bight of Biafra.
- 喀麦隆靠近比夫拉湾的一个中西非国家.
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