beam
noun[C]
uk/biːm/us/biːm/beamnoun[C](LINE)
B2
alineoflightthatshinesfrom abrightobject:
光线;光束;光柱We could justpickout thetrailin theweakbeam of theflashlight.我们借着手电筒微弱的光仅能勉强认清路。
Therabbitstopped,mesmerizedby the beamofthe car'sheadlights.兔子被汽车前灯射出的光束迷住了眼,停了下来。
See also
moonbeam
sunbeam
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alineofradiationorparticlesflowingin onedirection:
(定向发出的)射束,粒子流alaserbeam激光束
anelectronbeam电子波
Quantities & units of light
- anti-glare
- aureole
- blip
- brightness
- glare
- gleam
- glimmer
- glint
- glitter
- glow
- halo
- multiphoton
- pencil
- photon
- radiance
- ray
- shaft
- sheen
- shimmer
- shine
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Light
Physics: atoms, molecules & sub-atomic particles
beamnoun[C](WOOD)
along,thickpieceofwood,metal, orconcrete,especiallyused tosupportweightin abuildingor otherstructure:
(尤指支撑建筑物或其他结构的)梁,桁架,栋梁Thesittingroomhadexposedwoodenbeams.客厅顶上有裸露的木梁。
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the beam
in thesportof women'sgymnastics, awoodenbaron which thecompetitorsbalanceandperformmovements
(女子体操运动中的)平衡木John M Lund Photography Inc/DigitalVision/GettyImages
Parts of buildings: arches, columns & beams
- abacus
- abutment
- arch
- architrave
- archway
- colonnade
- column
- Corinthian
- Doric
- ionic
- joist
- keystone
- pillar
- plinth
- portico
- soffit
- torus
- truss
- vault
- vaulting
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Gymnastics
Idiom
be on your beam ends
beam
verb
uk/biːm/us/biːm/beamverb(SMILE)
[I]
tosmilewithobviouspleasure:
高兴的微笑,眉开眼笑She beamedwithdelight/pleasureat hisremarks.听完他的话她高兴得眉开眼笑。
Thechildbeamedathisteacheras hereceivedtheaward.那个孩子在领奖时对他的老师报以微笑。
[+ speech]"I'm sopleasedtoseeyou," he beamed(= said as hesmiled).“见到你很高兴,”他微笑着说。
Laughing and smiling
- amused
- be all smilesidiom
- be in convulsionsidiom
- be rolling in the aislesidiom
- be wreathed in smilesidiom
- bust
- dissolve
- gale
- gales of laughteridiom
- giggle
- giggler
- giggly
- grin
- quake
- rictus
- say cheeseidiom
- simper
- smile
- smiling
- stitch
beamverb(SEND OUT)
[IorT]
tosendout a beam oflight, anelectricalorradiosignal, etc.:
辐射;发光;闪光;发射电波;播送Thesunbeamed(=shonebrightly)down ontheboatas itdriftedalong.阳光照在缓缓漂动的船上。
Theconcertwas beamed(=broadcast)bysatelliteall over theworld.音乐会经卫星播送到世界各地。
Giving out light
- afire
- albedo
- bioluminescence
- burnished
- candlelit
- flicker
- gleam
- glimmer
- glitter
- glow
- illuminate
- noctilucent
- non-glare
- non-luminous
- out-glitter
- pearlescence
- reflected ray
- shine
- spotlight
- wink