knots
美 [nɑt] 
英 [n?t]
- n.（用繩索等打的）結；發髻；節子；節疤
- v.把…打成結（或扎牢）；纏結；打發髻；緊縮
- 網絡結頭；繩結；海里
詞形變化
復數：knots 過去式：knotted 現在分詞：knotting 同義詞
英漢雙解
繩索in string/rope
1. | （用繩索等打的）結a join made by tying together two pieces or ends of string, rope, etc. |
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| Tie the two ropes together with a knot. 將這兩根繩子打結系在一起。 |
| hair full of knots and tangles(= twisted in a way that is difficult to comb ) 纏結在一起亂糟糟的頭發 |
頭發of hair
2. | 發髻a way of twisting hair into a small round shape at the back of the head |
| She had her hair in a knot. 她把頭發打了個髻。 |
木頭in wood
3. | 節子；節疤a hard round spot in a piece of wood where there was once a branch |
一群人group of people
4. | 一小群人a small group of people standing close together |
肌肉of muscles
5. | （由緊張、惱怒等引起的胃、喉等的）痙攣，郁結，哽咽，哽塞a tight, hard feeling in the stomach, throat, etc. caused by nerves, anger, etc. |
| My stomach was in knots. 我的心揪得緊緊的。 |
| I could feel a knot of fear in my throat. 我很害怕，感到喉嚨發緊。 |
船╱飛機的速度speed of boat/plane
6. | 節（船和航空器的速度計量單位，每小時一海里）a unit for measuring the speed of boats and aircraft; one nautical mile per hour |
打結tie with knot
1. | [t] ~ sth 把…打成結（或扎牢）to fasten sth with a knot or knots |
| He carefully knotted his tie. 他仔細地打著領帶。 |
纏繞twist
2. | [i] 纏結to become twisted into a knot |
3. | [t] ~ sth 打發髻to twist hair into a particular shape |
| She wore her hair loosely knotted on top of her head. 她在頭頂上打了個松松的發髻。 |
肌肉muscles
4. | [i][t] ~ (sth) （因害怕、激動等而）痙攣，緊縮，使痙攣if muscles, etc.knot or sthknots them, they become hard and painful because of fear, excitement, etc. |
| She felt her stomach knot with fear. 她感到害怕，心都揪緊了。 |
習慣用語
get knotted
滾蛋；見鬼去；別煩人a rude way of telling sb to go away or of telling them that you are annoyed with them
英漢解釋
n. | 3. (樹木或木材上的)節疤;(人或動物身上的)硬塊,節,瘤 4. 難事,難題,麻煩事;(問題的)要點;(戲劇,小說的)情節的征結 |
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英英解釋
例句
It's no wonder that, in trying to do all this, many innovators (and companies) get twisted up in knots.
難怪許多創新者（和公司）為了做到這一切而出現扭曲的情況。
The same day, I'd observed an editor in my own office tying himself in knots trying to describe an article that he genuinely admired.
就在同一天，我看到同一間辦公室里一位編輯正糾結于如何評價自己真正欣賞的一篇文章。
With the use of just a few simple props, it's easy to sooth the tense knots on your own, without the help of a profession or even a partner.
無需專業指導，也不用麻煩同伴，只用一些簡單的小道具，就能自己舒展開來。
The sun was just beginning to set as the weaver birds tied off the last knots in the soaring thatched roof.
就在太陽即將落下之前，織巢鳥在高高的房頂上打完了最后一個草結。
Between 12 and 14 knots of wind and a bit of chop, strong sunshine and a beautiful blue sea, the Kiwis played the game "comfortably" .
12到14節的風力，略有波瀾的海面，明媚的陽光，湛藍的海水，Kiwi們今天狀態極佳。
The little girl's experience with the kidnapper tied her in knots and it was hard for her to sleep well for a long time.
這個小女孩遭綁架的經歷使她十分緊張，很長時間睡不好覺。
It is not enough to have found a general solution to the problem of Borromean knots, for an infinite number of Borromean knots.
光是替波羅米安結找到一般性的解決辦法，并不足夠，因為波羅米安結數量無窮盡。
What's the matter with her? She seems to have the knots in her stomach.
她怎么啦？好像很不安似的。
The knots are pulled tightly together and are sturdy enough to be used for binding or wrapping, making them very practical.
該節是緊緊拉在一起，是堅固的，足以用于約束力或包裝，使他們非常實際的。
She had been busily untying the knots in a handkerchief and now she poured out a handful of pennies on the counter.
她急忙把手帕上的結解開，將一把便士倒在柜臺上。“我把所有的錢都拿出來了。”
As the ship advanced through the water the knots were counted as they passed through a seaman's hands.
當船先進通過水結數點他們穿過一個海員的手中。
First, he took a young bamboo shoot, blew through it to make the knots disappear , and used it to sip water from the pond.
首先，他取來一根嫩竹筍，打通了所有的竹節，接著他又用它從池塘里吸水。
But she said her "stomach is in knots" most days thinking about what she might encounter each day.
但是她說女兒因此常常很不安，總在想會遇到什么麻煩事。
With a range of cruise speeds that extends up to 370 knots, or 425mph, a pilot needs to be thinking far ahead of the aircraft.
這種飛機的巡航速度可以達到每小時370海里，或者每小時425英里。飛行員的思維需要遠遠快于飛機。
From bizarre antimatter to experiments that tie light up in knots, physics has revealed some spooky sides of our world.
從奇異的反物質到把光捆扎成結的實驗，物理學已經揭示了我們世界的一些幽靈般的奇異方面。
Yesterday we were running down the wind at the speed of twelve knots an hour.
昨天我們以每小時十二海里的速度順風航行。
The problem, it turned out, popped up in the middle of the knots' trip: at a stopover site in Maryland, at Delaware Bay.
事實證明，問題原來發生在旅途之中：它們中途降落在馬里蘭州的停留地，特拉華灣。
Yeah, my stomach is in knots, and i can't seem to catch my breath.
是的，我胃不舒服，感覺喘不過氣來。
Knots and tangles, Jaime thought, wishing he could cut through all of it with one swift stroke of his sword.
真是一團亂麻，詹姆想，希望自己能干凈利落地一劍砍斷這些亂七八糟的玩意兒。
Make traditional sale, want to be faced with these a Gordian knots from beginning to end, so I choose additional monarch path.
做傳統銷售，始終要面臨這些棘手的問題，所以我選擇另辟蹊徑。
The ship was sailing before the wind, ten knots an hour.
輪船在順風行駛，時速10海里。
Clean timber has no knots in it.
光潔的木料沒有節子。
She teased out the knots in her hair.
她梳理纏結的頭發。
His stomach was all in knots.
他的胃收縮成一團。
The ship has a speed of 30 knots.
這條船時速30海里。
I can not ravel this piece of string, it's all in knots.
這條繩子打了好多結，我解不開。
She also found that Italian fashion designers are now tying themselves up in knots about what being an "Italian" designer really means.
她還發現，對于何謂“意大利設計師”這個問題，意大利時裝界如今深感困惑。
Its new HondaJet will be one of the fastest VLJs, with a cruise speed of 420 knots and space for up to six passengers.
他們新的“本田機”將會是最快的VLJ機型之一，巡航速度將達420節，擁有容納六位乘客的空間。
The villagers chanted to call the spirits home and tied bits of white string on to my wrists with three knots.
村民們唱起招魂的歌謠，把打有三個結的白色線繩系在我的手腕上。
The history of multiculturalism offers a telling example of how bad reasoning can tie people up in terrible knots of their own making.
多元文化主義的歷史提供了一個生動例證，說明糟糕的推理如何能夠使人們作繭自縛。
However many knots he has undone by the time her song ends is the number of years she will spend with him.
當歌聲結束的時候，新郎解開了多少個扣子，新娘就會跟他定下為期多少年的婚約。
but that would tie him in legal knots and might undermine confidence in the rule of law.
但這將會使他卷入是否合法的爭論而且可能會損壞法律的權威。
By trapping, marking, and weighing the knots, biologists have been able to piece together some alarming trends in Delaware Bay.
通過對一些紅腹濱鷸的捕捉，標記和稱重，生物學家已經能夠在美國特拉華州灣里，拼湊出一幅令人擔憂的趨勢圖。
Europe has tied itself in knots trying to "manage" trade in Chinese textiles.
歐洲則讓人困惑的要“管理”與中國的紡織品貿易。
China has tied itself in knots trying to regulate a shape-shifting industry.
中國在試圖監管日新月異的互聯網行業方面已變得手忙腳亂。
My colleague's quandary illustrates why privacy advocates work themselves into knots about this kind of site.
我大雪同學的遭遇舉例說明了為什么有些個人主義者給這種網站于壓力的原因。
Okay good, so you haven't actually got it even if we got tied up in a few knots there.
好，你們其實沒有真正明白，即使我打了個結。
The ship was sailing before the wind, ten knots an hour.
輪船在順風行駛，時速10海里。
If we just do a planning factor of 120 knots or 110 knots, it's going to tell you, 'wow, that was like a five-hour operation. '
如果我們再考慮到速度是120節或110節，你就會知道，‘哇，這是個5小時的行動。’
The more Brian tried to explain why he was late the more he tied himself in knots.
布賴恩越想解釋他為什么遲到，結果越使人對他不理解。
But when they reached up, their fingers fumbling over the knots of our spines, they realized that nothing was tangled at all.
但是她們伸進手，摸索到我們脊椎打的結時，才意識到根本沒有什么纏繞。
They have developed the ability to move rather than just drift, jetting at up to four knots through the water.
它們不止漂浮，還能游動，在水中噴射至四海里。
His wife always knots his tie well before he leaves .
走之前，妻子都會幫他打好領帶。
Who wipes peanut butter off a cheek and crayon off the wall and knots an untied shoelace to avoid a likely fall?
是誰擦去面頰上的花生醬，墻壁上的蠟筆畫，系上松開的鞋帶，以防孩子摔個大馬趴？
The number of knots that were counted during a fixed period of time gave the speed of the ship in nautical miles per hour.
結的數量，在固定計算時間的速度把船停泊在海里。
After studying the structures of these knots, the devotees set about creating new variations and increasing the decorative value of knots.
在研究這些結構的節，信徒著手建立新的變化和日益增加的裝飾價值海里。
