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beam
[ beem ]
noun
- any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- Building Trades. a horizontal bearing member, as a joist or lintel.
- Engineering. a rigid member or structure supported at each end, subject to bending stresses from a direction perpendicular to its length.
- Nautical.
- a horizontal structural member, usually transverse, for supporting the decks and flats of a vessel.
- the extreme width of a vessel.
- the shank of an anchor.
- Aeronautics. the direction perpendicular to the plane of symmetry of an aircraft and outward from the side.
- the widest part.
- Slang. the measure across both hips or buttocks:
broad in the beam.
- Machinery.
- (in a loom) a roller or cylinder on which the warp is wound before weaving.
- a similar cylinder on which cloth is wound as it is woven.
- the crossbar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales or pans are suspended.
- a ray of light:
The sun shed its beams upon the vineyard.
- a group of nearly parallel rays.
- Radio, Aeronautics. a signal transmitted along a narrow course, used to guide pilots through darkness, bad weather, etc.
- Electronics. a narrow stream of electrons, as that emitted from the electron gun of a cathode ray tube.
- the angle at which a microphone or loudspeaker functions best.
- the cone-shaped range of effective use of a microphone or loudspeaker.
- Citizens Band Radio Slang. beam antenna.
- a gleam; suggestion:
a beam of hope.
- a radiant smile.
- the principal stem of the antler of a deer.
verb (used with object)
- to emit in or as in beams or rays.
- Radio. to transmit (a signal) in a particular direction.
- Radio and Television. to direct (a program, commercial message, etc.) to a predetermined audience.
verb (used without object)
- to emit beams, as of light.
- to smile radiantly or happily.
beam
/ 产颈藧尘 /
noun
- a long thick straight-sided piece of wood, metal, concrete, etc, esp one used as a horizontal structural member
- any rigid member or structure that is loaded transversely
- the breadth of a ship or boat taken at its widest part, usually amidships
- a ray or column of light, as from a beacon
- a broad smile
- one of the two cylindrical rollers on a loom, one of which holds the warp threads before weaving, the other the finished work
- the main stem of a deer's antler from which the smaller branches grow
- the central shaft of a plough to which all the main parts are attached
- a narrow unidirectional flow of electromagnetic radiation or particles
a beam of light
an electron beam
- the horizontal centrally pivoted bar in a balance
- informal.the width of the hips (esp in the phrase broad in the beam )
- a beam in one's eyea fault or grave error greater in oneself than in another person
- off beam or off the beam
- not following a radio beam to maintain a course
- wrong, mistaken, or irrelevant
- on the beam
- following a radio beam to maintain a course
- nautical opposite the beam of a vessel; abeam
- correct, relevant, or appropriate
verb
- to send out or radiate (rays of light)
- tr to divert or aim (a radio signal or broadcast, light, etc) in a certain direction
to beam a programme to Tokyo
- to pass (data, esp business card details, etc) from one hand-held computer to another by means of infrared beams
- intr to smile broadly with pleasure or satisfaction
Derived Forms
- 藞产别补尘藢濒颈办别, adjective
- beamed, adjective
- 藞产别补尘颈苍驳, adjectivenoun
- 藞产别补尘濒别蝉蝉, adjective
- 藞产别补尘测, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 产别补尘顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
- 产别补尘顎僱颈办别顎 adjective
- 辞耻迟顎卋别补尘顎 verb (used with object)
- 耻苍路产别补尘别诲顎 adjective
- 耻苍顎僤别谤路产别补尘顎 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of beam1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of beam1
Idioms and Phrases
- beam in, Citizens Band Radio Slang. to be received under optimum conditions; be heard loud and clear:
They told me I was really beaming in.
- fly the beam, Radio, Aeronautics. (of an aircraft) to be guided by a beam.
- off the beam,
- not on the course indicated by a radio beam.
- Informal. wrong; incorrect:
The pollsters were off the beam again for the last presidential election.
- on the beam,
- on the course indicated by a radio beam, as an airplane.
- Nautical. at right angles to the keel.
- Informal. proceeding well; correct; exact:
Their research is right on the beam and the results should be very valuable.
More idioms and phrases containing beam
see broad in the beam ; off the beam .Example Sentences
He speaks about his first marathon training block with a beaming smile and is not ruling out another in future - although a return to triathlon is scheduled for early 2026 at the latest.
Mr Omeje is beaming as he says it "went a lot better than we expected".
The workers soon recovered a small safe and the gold coins inside it, delivering the bounty to the beaming homeowner, a moment captured in a Facebook video.
Oklahoma scored a 49.615 on balance beam, an event in which it is ranked No. 1 nationally.
That denied Buttler, who hit 11 fours and four sixes, an eighth IPL century but he still embraced his batting partner with a beaming smile.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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