knot

knot1
noun
  1. a fastening made by tying a piece of string, rope, or something similar
    （线、绳等系成的）结
    ■a particular method of tying a knot
    结绳的方法
    you need to master two knots, the clove hitch and the sheet bend.
    你需要掌握两种打结的方法，卷结和接索结。
    ■a tangled mass in something such as hair
    （头发等物的）缠结
    ■an ornamental ribbon
    饰带
  2. a knob, protuberance, or node in a stem, branch, or root
    （干、枝、根等处的）结瘤
    ■a hard mass formed in a tree trunk at the intersection with a branch, resulting in a round cross-grained piece in timber when cut through
    （树干上树枝根部的）节子
    ■a hard lump of tissue in an animal or human body
    （动物或人体内的）硬结，硬块
    ■a tense constricted feeling in the body
    紧缩感
    the knot of tension at the back of her neck.
    她颈后的紧缩感。
    ■a small tightly packed group of people
    （挤在一起的）一小群人
    the little knot of people clustered around the doorway.
    聚集在门口的一小群人。
  3. a unit of speed equivalent to one nautical mile per hour, used especially of ships, aircraft, or winds
    节（速度单位，海里／小时）
    ■(chiefly historical)a length marked by knots on a log line, as a measure of speed
    (主史)测速绳节
    some days the vessel logged 12 knots.
    有些天，船以12节的速度行驶。
(knotted, knotting)
[with obj.]
  1. fasten with a knot
    拴，系
    the scarves were knotted loosely around their throats.
    头巾松松地系在他们的脖子上。
    ■make (a carpet or other decorative item) with knots
    打结编制（地毯等饰物）
    ■make (something, especially hair) tangled
    使（尤指头发）缠结
  2. cause (a muscle) to become tense and hard
    使（肌肉）紧张，发硬
    ■[no obj.](of the stomach) tighten as a result of nervousness or tension
    （胃）（因紧张或压力）绷紧
常用词组
at a rate of knots
  1. (Brit. informal)very fast
    (英，非正式)飞快地
get knotted
  1. (Brit. informal)used to express contemptuous rejection of someone
    (英，非正式)（用于对某人的轻蔑拒绝）被缠上了
tie someone (up) in knots
  1. (informal)make someone completely confused
    (非正式)使困惑
    they tied themselves in knots over what to call the country.
    他们很困惑不知如何称呼该国。
tie the knot
  1. (informal)get married
    (非正式)结婚
派生
knotless
adjective
knotter
noun
语源
  1. Old English cnotta, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch knot
knot2
(复同单，或knots)
  1. a small, relatively short-billed sandpiper, with a reddish-brown or blackish breast in the breeding season
    滨鹬
  2. Genus Calidris, family Scolopacidae: two species, in particular the red knot (C. canutus), which breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
    滨鹬属，鹬科： 2种，尤指在北极地带繁殖和冬季迁徙南半球的红腹滨鹬（拉丁名C. canutus）
语源
  1. late Middle English: of unknown origin
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