beam-ends

英[\'bi:m\'endz]

美[\'bim\'endz]

基本释义

He is on his beam - ends.

他穷途末路了.

辞典例句

The unemployed worker was on his beam ends with rheumatism.

这个失业工人患了风湿病,经济十分困难.

互联网

The sailor who had lost everything by shipwreck said that he was thrown on his beam - ends.

在海难事件中丧失一切的海员说,他已经面临穷途末路了.

互联网

Noun

1. (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel;
"on her beam-ends" means heeled over on the side so that the deck is almost vertical