bight

• n. 海湾，绳圈；曲线

中文词源

词源同bow, 弯，形容海湾诸多弯弯角角。

英文词源

bight

bight: see bow

bight (n.)

Old English byht "bend, angle, corner" (related to bow), from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (cognates: Middle Low German bucht, German Bucht, Dutch bocht, Danish bught "bight, bay"), from PIE root *bheug- (3) "to bend," with derivatives referring to bent, pliable, or curved objects (cognates: Old English beag, Old High German boug "ring;" see bow (v.)). Sense of "indentation on a coastline" is from late 15c.

双语例句

1. the Great Australian Bight

大澳大利亚湾

来自《权威词典》

2. A country of west - central Africa on the Bight of Biafra.

喀麦隆靠近比夫拉湾的一个中西非国家.

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