beam-ends中文什么意思

〔pl.〕 【航海】船梁末端 (on her beam-ends 船身快要倾覆。 on one's [the] beam-ends 濒临危境；计穷智尽；(经济)窘迫万分)。★亦可写作 on the beam's ends。

• beam ends:    船身倾侧几乎达到90度
• on beam ends:    船90
• beam fixed at both ends:    两端固定梁

例句与用法

1. He is on his beam-ends .
   他穷途末路了。

英文释义

名词

1. (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel; "on her beam-ends" means heeled over on the side so that the deck is almost vertical