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bight n. 海湾,绳圈
vt. 结成绳圈 海湾,绳圈结成绳圈 bight n 1: a loop in a rope 2: a bend or curve ( especially in a coastline) 3: a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; " the Bight of Benin"; " the Great Australian Bight" 4: the middle part of a slack rope ( as distinguished from its ends) v 1: fasten with a bightBight \ Bight\ ( b[ imac] t), n. [ OE. bi[ yogh] t a bending; cf. Sw. & Dan. bugt bend, bay; fr. AS. byht, fr. b[= u] gan. [ root] 88. Cf. { Bout}, { Bought} a bend, and see { Bow}, v.] 1. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse' s knee; the bight of an elbow. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Geog.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Naut.) The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop. [ 1913 Webster] 61 Moby Thesaurus words for " bight": L, angle, apex, arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bend, bifurcation, boca, cant, chevron, coin, corner, cove, crank, creek, crook, crotchet, deflection, dogleg, elbow, ell, estuary, euripus, fjord, fork, frith, furcation, gulf, gut, harbor, hook, inflection, inlet, knee, kyle, loch, mouth, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, nook, point, quoin, reach, road, roads, roadstead, slough, sound, strait, straits, swerve, veer, vertex, zag, zig, zigzag
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