knot

1. N-COUNT If you tie a knot in a piece of string, rope, cloth, or other material, you pass one end or part of it through a loop and pull it tight. 結

One lace had broken and been tied in a knot. 一根帶子已經斷了，被打成一個結。

2. V-T If you knot a piece of string, rope, cloth, or other material, you pass one end or part of it through a loop and pull it tight. 把…打成結

He knotted the laces securely together. 他把帶子牢牢地系在一起。

He knotted the bandanna around his neck. 他把印花大圍巾系在他的脖子上。

3. N a tangle, as in hair or string (頭發或絲弦上的)結

4. N-COUNT If you feel a knot in your stomach, you get an uncomfortable tight feeling in your stomach, usually because you are afraid or excited. 痙攣

There was a knot of tension in his stomach. 他心裡一陣緊張。

5. V-T/V-I If your stomach knots or if something knots it, it feels tight because you are afraid or excited. 使 (心) 揪緊; 揪緊

I felt my stomach knot with apprehension. 我感到心裡因爲擔心而揪緊。

6. V-I If part of your face or your muscles knot, they become tense, usually because you are worried or angry. (臉部或肌肉) 緊皺

His forehead knotted in a frown. 他的眉頭緊皺。

7. N-COUNT A knot in a piece of wood is a small hard area where a branch grew. 節疤

A carpenter often rejects half his wood because of knots or cracks. 木匠常常因爲有節疤或裂縫而把一半的木材都扔掉。

8. N-COUNT A knot is a unit of speed. The speed of ships, aircraft, and wind is measured in knots. 節 (航速和風速單位)

They travel at speeds of up to 30 knots. 他們以高達30節的航速行進。

9. N a small northern sandpiper, Calidris canutus, with a short bill and grey plumage 磯鷂