Old English byht "bend, angle, corner" (related to bow), from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (cognates: Middle Low German bucht, German Bucht, Dutch bocht, Danish bught "bight, bay"), from PIE root *bheug- (3) "to bend," with derivatives referring to bent, pliable, or curved objects (cognates: Old English beag, Old High German boug "ring;" see bow (v.)). Sense of "indentation on a coastline" is from late 15c.
双语例句
1. the Great Australian Bight
大澳大利亚湾
来自《权威词典》
2. A country of west - central Africa on the Bight of Biafra.
喀麦隆靠近比夫拉湾的一个中西非国家.
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英英释意
1. a loop in a rope
2. a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
3. a broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline;
"the Bight of Benin"
"the Great Australian Bight"
4. the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
