knot

英 [nɒt] 美 [nɑːt]

• n. 结；节
• vi. 打结
• vt. 把 ... 打成结；系牢；捆扎

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]结

   a fastening formed by tying together the ends of a piece or pieces of string, rope, wire, etc.

2. [C]一小群人

   a small group of people close together

3. [C]硬节,节瘤

   a hard mass in wood where a branch has come off a tree

4. [C]节,海里/小时

   a measure of the speed of a ship, about 1853 meters per hour

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)打结,缠结

   make a knot or join together with a knot

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 节疤，节瘤，疙瘩
2. 结合
3. 结，绳结，结节
4. 硬块，瘤
5. 花结
6. 蝴蝶结
7. 【海】节（=海里/小时）
8. 一小群，一小队
9. 难题，麻烦事

v. 动词

1. 使密切结合
2. 捆扎，包扎，束紧，系牢
3. （把…）打结，把...连结，成结
4. 纠集
5. （使）纠缠，缠住，（使）纠结，缠结
6. 形成硬块
7. 打发髻
8. 滚蛋，见鬼去，别烦人
9. （使）痉挛，紧缩
10. 结成穗，作花结

英英释义

Noun:

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"
   

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

6. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

7. a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

Verb:

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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. This knot keeps loosening.
   这个结老松开。
2. My dead fingers could not untie the knot.
   我的手指麻木了，解不开结。
3. The knot was fastened in such a way that it was impossible to undo.
   这个结系得那么紧,根本解不开。
4. It was just a big knot up on the branch.
   那只是树枝上的一个节瘤。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. This wire is too stiff to knot easily.
   这线太硬不容易打结。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Loop that end of the rope through this and knot it.
   把绳子的这一头儿从这里穿过然后打结。
2. He knotted a towel about his neck.
   他把毛巾系在脖子上。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He made a knot in the rope.
   他在绳子上打了个结。
2. She loosened the knot.
   她把结解开了。
3. A knot of people stood talking outside the door.
   一群人站在门外聊天。
4. People were standing about in knots, waiting for the news.
   人们三五成群地站着等候消息。
5. A knot sometimes forms in a tired muscle.
   疲乏的肌肉上有时会起硬块。
6. There is a knot in the plank.
   木板上有个节疤。
7. The steamer makes 20 knots an hour.
   这艘轮船的时速是20海里。
8. The ship was going at a good rate of knots.
   这艘船在高速航行。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. My thread has knotted.
   我的线打结了。
2. The wire is too stiff to knot easily.
   这根金属线太硬,不易打结。
3. My hair knots easily.
   我的头发爱打结。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. She knotted the parcel firmly.
   她把那个小包扎得很紧。
2. Knot the end of the thread before you begin sewing.
   先将线打好结您再开始缝纫。
3. The girl knots her hair with a ribbon.
   那个女孩用丝带扎头。
4. He knotted a rope round his waist before he jumped into the water.
   他跳水之前,把一根绳子系在了腰上。
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5. His muscles were knotted with rage.
   他气得连肌肉都暴突出来了。

经典引文

• One knot in a thread will stay the Needle's Passage as well as five hundred.

  出自： R. Bolton

• Can you tie knots what can't come untied?

  出自： R. Crompton

• Gleaming black hair, gathered in a heavy knot at the back.

  出自： J. L. Waten

• The knot of his tie is inches down.

  出自： J. Heller

• His..head adorned by a white handkerchief, tied in a knot at each corner.

  出自： F. Donaldson

• I tied it in a firm knot.

  出自： J. Crace

• She would..comb out the knots for me. Where did you get this pretty hair?ssgranny knotss, sslove-knotss, ssMatthew Walker knotss, ssreef-knotss, ssslip-knotss, etc.

  出自： K. Gibbons

• Perplexity knotted the Virginian's brows.

  出自： O. Wister

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

knot together (v.+adv.)

系在一起 fasten things together with a knot or knots
knot sth ⇔ together
The prisoner escaped from the prison by knotting the sheets together and climbing down them out to the window.

逃犯把床单系在一起然后爬出窗外。
He knotted two ropes together.

他打个结,把两根绳子连在一起。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• do 35 knots 时速可达35海里
• loosen a knot 把结解开
• make a knot 打结

形容词+～

• loose knot 易解开的结
• the Gordian knot 难办的事,复杂的问题

名词+～

• bowline knot 单套结
• reef knot 平结

介词+～

• in a knot (扎)成一个结

～+介词

• knots in the mind 思想上的疙瘩

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• knot the laces 把鞋带系紧
• knot one's tie 打领结

～+副词

• knot easily 容易打结
• knot firmly〔tightly〕 系紧
• knot loosely 系得松
• knot up 把…结在一起

～+介词

• knot a rope round one's waist 把一根绳子系在某人的腰上
• knot one's hair with a ribbon 用丝带扎头发

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. knot的基本意思是“(使)打结”,即把某物系在…上,打领带等。
2. knot用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构; 用作不及物动词时主动形式常有被动意义。
3. knot的过去式、过去分词均为knotted。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的cnotta，意为节。

近反义词

【近义词】

• group 群
• tie 束缚
• cluster 群
• lump 块
• bump 碰撞
• loop 环
• bind 捆绑
• tether 系绳
• gnarl 吼叫
• join 连接
• secure 安全的
• reef knot [海]缩帆结
• granny knot 老奶奶结
• bulge 膨胀
• huddle 杂乱一团
• gang 一群
• crew 全体船员
• band 乐队
• agglomeration 结块
• pile 堆
• throng 人群
• clump 丛
• bunch 串
• aggregation 集合
• gathering 集会
• heap 堆
• company 公司
• mob 暴民
• set 放置
• mass 大量
• swarm 群
• assemblage 聚集
• knob 旋钮
• twist 缠绕
• hump 驼背
• knur (木头的)结节...
• nub 小肿块
• snarl 吼叫
• nodule [医]小瘤
• knurl 球形突出物...
• node 节
• interlacement 交织
• plexus [医](血管、淋巴管、神...
• perplexity 困惑
• braid 辫子
• frog 蛙
• aiguillette 碎带
• bow 弓
• slipknot 滑结
• problem 问题
• conundrum 谜语
• aglet 绳两端的金属箍...
• bowline 帆脚索(单结套...
• rosette 玫瑰花饰
• complication 复杂
• riddle 谜
• dilemma 困境
• bowtie 领结
• intricacy 纷乱
• intertwinement intertwine的名...
• maze 迷宫
• plait 辫子
• complexity 复杂
• tangle 缠结
• puzzle 难题
• poser 难题
• labyrinth 迷宫
• ravel 开线
• difficulty 困难
• clinch 钉牢
• leash (系狗的)皮带...
• lasso 套索(捕捉牛、马用)...
• noose 套索
• lash 鞭子
• contort (使)扭曲
• air mile 空哩(约相当于6076尺...
• slub 轻捻
• knot 结
• burl 树节
• entangle 使 ... 纠缠
• nautical mile 海里(合1
• disfigure 使丑陋
• distort 歪曲
• greyback 灰背类动物
• Calidris canutus 漂鹬(鹬科)
• deform 使变形
• warp 使翘起
• entwine (使) 缠绕
• grayback 灰鲸
• international nautical mile 国际海里
• entanglement 纠缠
• bend 弯曲
• Gordian knot 〈希神〉戈耳迪之结...
• Gordian 〈希神〉戈耳迪的...
• knit 编织
• mile 英里
• mi 大音阶的第三音...
• connection 联系
• circle 圆圈
• joint 联合的
• paradox 悖论
• network 网点
• ridge 脊

【反义词】

• unknot 解开 ... 结子...