knot 音标拼音: [n'ɑt]
n . 结,群,困难
vt .
vi . 打结,(使)纠缠
结,群,困难打结,(使)纠缠
knot 结点
knot n 1 :
a tight cluster of people or things ; "
a small knot of women listened to his sermon "; "
the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest "
2 :
any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (
or cord )
upon itself or to another rope or to another object 3 :
a hard cross -
grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged ; "
the saw buckled when it hit a knot "
4 :
something twisted and tight and swollen ; "
their muscles stood out in knots "; "
the old man '
s fists were two great gnarls ";
"
his stomach was in knots " [
synonym : {
knot }, {
gnarl }]
5 :
a unit of length used in navigation ;
exactly 1 ,
852 meters ;
historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude [
synonym : {
nautical mile }, {
mile }, {
mi }, {
naut mi }, {
knot }, {
international nautical mile }, {
air mile }]
6 :
soft lump or unevenness in a yarn ;
either an imperfection or created by design [
synonym : {
slub }, {
knot }, {
burl }]
7 :
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere [
synonym : {
knot }, {
greyback }, {
grayback },
{
Calidris canutus }]
v 1 :
make into knots ;
make knots out of ; "
She knotted her fingers "
2 :
tie or fasten into a knot ; "
knot the shoelaces "
3 :
tangle or complicate ; "
a ravelled story " [
synonym : {
ravel },
{
tangle }, {
knot }] [
ant : {
ravel }, {
ravel out }, {
unknot },
{
unpick }, {
unravel }, {
unscramble }, {
untangle }]
Node \
Node \ (
n [=
o ]
d ),
n . [
L .
nodus ;
perh .
akin to E .
knot .
Cf .
{
Noose }, {
Nowed }.]
1 .
A knot ,
a knob ;
a protuberance ;
a swelling .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Specifically :
(
a ) (
Astron .)
One of the two points where the orbit of a planet ,
or comet ,
intersects the ecliptic ,
or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary .
(
b ) (
Bot .)
The joint of a stem ,
or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted .
(
c ) (
Dialing )
A hole in the gnomon of a dial ,
through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day ,
the parallels of the sun '
s declination ,
his place in the ecliptic ,
etc .
(
d ) (
Geom .)
The point at which a curve crosses itself ,
being a double point of the curve .
See {
Crunode },
and {
Acnode }.
(
e ) (
Mech .)
The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions ; --
called also {
knot }. --
W .
R .
Johnson .
(
f ) (
Poet .)
The knot ,
intrigue ,
or plot of a piece .
(
g ) (
Med .)
A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism ,
gout ,
or syphilis ;
sometimes also ,
a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint . --
Dunglison .
(
h ) (
Mus )
One of the fixed points of a sonorous string ,
when it vibrates by aliquot parts ,
and produces the harmonic tones ;
nodal line or point .
(
i ) (
Zool .)
A swelling .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Math .,
Computers )
A special point in a graph or diagram which is attached to other points by {
links }.
It is often labeled and represented graphically as a box or circle .
A node may represent any object which is related to other objects in a conceptual structure that can be represented as a graph ,
the relations being represented as links between the nodes .
[
PJC ]
4 . (
Anat .)
A small mass of tissue differing from other tissue in its immediate vicinity ;
as ,
a lymph node .
[
PJC ]
{
Ascending node } (
Astron .),
the node at which the body is passing northerly ,
marked with the symbol [
astascending ],
called the Dragon '
s head .
Called also {
northern node }.
{
Descending node },
the node at which the body is moving southwardly ,
marked thus [
astdescending ],
called Dragon '
s tail .
{
Line of nodes },
a straight line joining the two nodes of an orbit .
[
1913 Webster ]
Knot \
Knot \ (
n [
o ^]
t ),
n . [
OE .
knot ,
knotte ,
AS .
cnotta ;
akin to D .
knot ,
OHG .
chnodo ,
chnoto ,
G .
knoten ,
Icel .
kn [=
u ]
tr ,
Sw .
knut ,
Dan .
knude ,
and perh .
to L .
nodus .
Cf . {
Knout },
{
Knit }.]
1 .
(
a )
A fastening together of the parts or ends of one or more threads ,
cords ,
ropes ,
etc .,
by any one of various ways of tying or entangling .
(
b )
A lump or loop formed in a thread ,
cord ,
rope .
etc .,
as at the end ,
by tying or interweaving it upon itself .
(
c )
An ornamental tie ,
as of a ribbon .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The names of knots vary according to the manner of their making ,
or the use for which they are intended ;
as ,
dowknot ,
reef knot ,
stopper knot ,
diamond knot ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A bond of union ;
a connection ;
a tie . "
With nuptial knot ."
--
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Ere we knit the knot that can never be loosed . --
Bp .
Hall .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Something not easily solved ;
an intricacy ;
a difficulty ;
a perplexity ;
a problem .
[
1913 Webster ]
Knots worthy of solution . --
Cowper .
[
1913 Webster ]
A man shall be perplexed with knots ,
and problems of business ,
and contrary affairs . --
South .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven ,
as in embroidery ,
gardening ,
etc . "
Garden knots ." --
Bacon .
[
1913 Webster ]
Flowers worthy of paradise ,
which ,
not nice art In beds and curious knots ,
but nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill ,
and dale ,
and plain .
--
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
A cluster of persons or things ;
a collection ;
a group ;
a hand ;
a clique ;
as ,
a knot of politicians . "
Knots of talk ." --
Tennyson .
[
1913 Webster ]
His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Palms in cluster ,
knots of Paradise . --
Tennyson .
[
1913 Webster ]
As they sat together in small ,
separate knots ,
they discussed doctrinal and metaphysical points of belief . --
Sir W .
Scott .
[
1913 Webster ]
6 .
A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber .
A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth .
[
1913 Webster ]
7 .
A knob ,
lump ,
swelling ,
or protuberance .
[
1913 Webster ]
With lips serenely placid ,
felt the knot Climb in her throat . --
Tennyson .
[
1913 Webster ]
8 .
A protuberant joint in a plant .
[
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9 .
The point on which the action of a story depends ;
the gist of a matter . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
I shoulde to the knotte condescend ,
And maken of her walking soon an end . --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
10 . (
Mech .)
See {
Node }.
[
1913 Webster ]
11 . (
Naut .)
(
a )
A division of the log line ,
serving to measure the rate of the vessel '
s motion .
Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour .
The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute ,
therefore ,
shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour .
Hence :
(
b )
A nautical mile ,
or 6080 .
27 feet ;
as ,
when a ship goes nautical eight miles an hour ,
her speed is said to be eight knots .
[
1913 Webster ]
12 .
A kind of epaulet .
See {
Shoulder knot }.
[
1913 Webster ]
13 . (
Zool .)
A sandpiper ({
Tringa canutus }),
found in the northern parts of all the continents ,
in summer .
It is grayish or ashy above ,
with the rump and upper tail coverts white ,
barred with dusky .
The lower parts are pale brown ,
with the flanks and under tail coverts white .
When fat it is prized by epicures .
Called also {
dunne }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The name is said to be derived from King Canute ,
this bird being a favorite article of food with him .
[
1913 Webster ]
The knot that called was Canutus '
bird of old ,
Of that great king of Danes his name that still doth hold ,
His appetite to please that far and near was sought . --
Drayton .
[
1913 Webster ]
Knot \
Knot \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Knotted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Knotting }.]
1 .
To tie in or with ,
or form into ,
a knot or knots ;
to form a knot on ,
as a rope ;
to entangle . "
Knotted curls ."
--
Drayton .
[
1913 Webster ]
As tight as I could knot the noose . --
Tennyson .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To unite closely ;
to knit together . --
Bacon .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To entangle or perplex ;
to puzzle . [
Obs .
or R .]
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1913 Webster ]
Knot \
Knot \,
v .
i .
1 .
To form knots or joints ,
as in a cord ,
a plant ,
etc .;
to become entangled .
[
1913 Webster ]
Cut hay when it begins to knot . --
Mortimer .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To knit knots for fringe or trimming .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To copulate ; --
said of toads . [
R .] --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
460 Moby Thesaurus words for "
knot ":
Blackwall hitch ,
Chinese puzzle ,
Flemish knot ,
French shroud knot ,
German knot ,
Gordian knot ,
Matthew Walker knot ,
Rube Goldberg contraption ,
Windsor knot ,
accouple ,
accumulate ,
adhesive ,
affix ,
affixation ,
agglutinate ,
aggregation ,
air speed ,
amass ,
amount to ,
anamorphism ,
anamorphosis ,
anchor knot ,
annexation ,
articulate ,
assemblage ,
assemble ,
associate ,
asymmetry ,
attach ,
attachment ,
baffling problem ,
balance ,
ball ,
ball up ,
balloon ,
band ,
batch ,
becket knot ,
bend ,
bilge ,
bind ,
binding ,
bladder ,
blain ,
bleb ,
blister ,
blob ,
block ,
body ,
boll ,
bolus ,
bond ,
boss ,
bow ,
bowknot ,
bowline ,
bracket ,
braid ,
brain twister ,
break even ,
bridge ,
bridge over ,
bubble ,
buckle ,
bulb ,
bulbil ,
bulblet ,
bulge ,
bulla ,
bump ,
bun ,
bunch ,
burl ,
button ,
cahot ,
cake ,
can of worms ,
celerity ,
cement ,
chain ,
chignon ,
chine ,
clabber ,
clap together ,
clasping ,
clinch ,
clot ,
clump ,
cluster ,
coagulate ,
cocker ,
cockle ,
coil ,
collect ,
collection ,
combine ,
come to ,
come up to ,
company ,
complex ,
complicate ,
comprise ,
concatenate ,
concrete ,
concretion ,
condyle ,
confound ,
confuse ,
congeal ,
conglobulate ,
conglomerate ,
conglomeration ,
congregation ,
conjoin ,
conjugate ,
connect ,
contort ,
contortion ,
convex ,
copse ,
copulate ,
correspond ,
corrugate ,
couple ,
cover ,
crease ,
crimp ,
crimple ,
crinkle ,
crook ,
crookedness ,
crop ,
crossword puzzle ,
crowd ,
crumple ,
crux ,
cue ,
curd ,
curdle ,
detorsion ,
deviation ,
diamond knot ,
dilemma ,
dispatch ,
disproportion ,
distort ,
distortion ,
ditto ,
double hitch ,
dowel ,
draw ,
ear ,
ellipsoid ,
embrace ,
embrangle ,
encompass ,
enigma ,
enigmatic question ,
entangle ,
even ,
even off ,
expedition ,
fasten ,
fastener ,
fastening ,
fastness ,
fix ,
flange ,
flap ,
flat knot ,
flight ,
flit ,
floorer ,
flurry ,
foul up ,
furrow ,
gall ,
gang ,
gather ,
gathering ,
gel ,
gelatinate ,
gelatinize ,
geoid ,
girding ,
globe ,
globelet ,
globoid ,
globule ,
glomerulus ,
glue ,
gnarl ,
gob ,
gobbet ,
granny knot ,
ground speed ,
group ,
grouping ,
groupment ,
grove ,
half crown ,
half hitch ,
handle ,
hassock ,
haste ,
hawser bend ,
hawser fastening ,
heaving -
line bend ,
hill ,
hooking ,
hump ,
hunch ,
hurry ,
imbalance ,
implicate ,
include ,
incrassate ,
inside clinch ,
inspissate ,
instantaneousness ,
involve ,
irregularity ,
jell ,
jellify ,
jelly ,
jigsaw puzzle ,
jog ,
joggle ,
join ,
jungle ,
keep pace with ,
knit ,
knob ,
knots ,
knotty point ,
knur ,
knurl ,
labyrinth ,
lanyard knot ,
lash ,
lashing ,
lay together ,
league ,
ligament ,
ligation ,
ligature ,
lightning speed ,
link ,
lip ,
loop ,
lopper ,
lopsidedness ,
lot ,
louse up ,
lump ,
lump together ,
manrope knot ,
marling hitch ,
marry ,
marshal ,
mass ,
match ,
match up with ,
maze ,
meander ,
measure up to ,
merge ,
mesh ,
mesh knot ,
mess ,
mess up ,
miles per hour ,
mind -
boggler ,
mix up ,
mobilize ,
mole ,
morass ,
mountain ,
muck up ,
muddle ,
mystery ,
netting knot ,
nevus ,
nexus ,
node ,
nodus ,
nonplus ,
nub ,
nubbin ,
nubble ,
nut to crack ,
oblate spheroid ,
open hand knot ,
orb ,
orbit ,
orblet ,
outside clinch ,
oxymoron ,
pair ,
papilloma ,
paradox ,
parallel ,
peg ,
pellet ,
perplex ,
perplexed question ,
perplexity ,
piece together ,
pigtail ,
plait ,
pons asinorum ,
poser ,
precipitation ,
problem ,
prolate spheroid ,
prolonge knot ,
promptitude ,
promptness ,
pucker ,
purse ,
put together ,
puzzle ,
puzzlement ,
puzzler ,
quandary ,
question ,
question mark ,
queue ,
quickness ,
quirk ,
ramify ,
rapidity ,
rattail ,
ravel ,
reach ,
reef knot ,
reeving -
line bend ,
rib ,
ridge ,
rimple ,
ring ,
ripple ,
rival ,
roll into one ,
rolling hitches ,
rondure ,
rope -
yarn knot ,
round pace ,
round seizing ,
rpm ,
ruck ,
ruckle ,
rumple ,
run abreast ,
run to ,
running knot ,
rush ,
screw ,
screw up ,
secure ,
set ,
sheepshank ,
shirr ,
shock ,
shock wave ,
shoulder ,
shroud knot ,
single knot ,
sixty -
four dollar question ,
skein ,
slew ,
slide knot ,
slipknot ,
snafu ,
snake pit ,
snappiness ,
snarl ,
snarl up ,
solder ,
solid ,
solid body ,
sonic barrier ,
sonic boom ,
sound barrier ,
span ,
speed ,
speed of sound ,
speediness ,
sphere ,
spheroid ,
spherule ,
spine ,
splice ,
spring ,
square knot ,
stack up with ,
stick together ,
sticker ,
sticking ,
stook ,
stud ,
stumper ,
style ,
swift rate ,
swiftness ,
tab ,
tail ,
take in ,
tangle ,
tangled skein ,
tape ,
teaser ,
tether ,
thick ,
thicken ,
thicket ,
throng ,
tie ,
tieing ,
timber knot ,
topknot ,
torsion ,
tortuosity ,
touch ,
tough proposition ,
tubercle ,
tubercule ,
tuft ,
turn ,
turn awry ,
tussock ,
twist ,
unify ,
unite ,
unsymmetry ,
velocity ,
verruca ,
vesicle ,
vexed question ,
vinculum ,
wale ,
wall knot ,
warp ,
wart ,
web ,
webwork ,
weld ,
welt ,
wheels within wheels ,
why ,
wilderness ,
wimple ,
wisp ,
wrench ,
wrest ,
wring ,
wrinkle ,
writhe ,
yoke ,
zipping
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