Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #5061
knot
结；绳结
a fastening made by looping and tying a string, rope, or cord
- 1.
A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
一段绳子或其他长而柔韧材料形成的环圈,不把一端或两端穿过环圈就无法解开。
- 2.
One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
一种滨鸟；红腹滨鹬(学名 Calidris canutus 或 Tringa canutus)。
- 3.
a tight cluster of people or things
一群人或事物的紧密聚集
- 4.
A tangled clump of hair or similar.
一绺缠结的头发或类似物。
- 5.
any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
由绳索自身或与其他物体打结形成的各种系法
- 6.
A maze-like pattern.
迷宫似的图案。
- 7.
a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
木板上的节疤
- 8.
A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
(如三维)空间中不自交的闭合曲线,是上述第1义项绳结的抽象形式。
- 9.
A difficult situation.
困境；难局。
- 10.
The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
树干分枝基部在木材中留下的节疤。
- 11.
Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
组织区域(尤其是皮肤)的局部肿胀,常由损伤引起。
- 12.
A tightened and contracted part of a muscle that feels like a hard lump under the skin.
肌肉中紧绷收缩的部分,摸起来像皮下硬块。
- 13.
A protuberant joint in a plant.
植物上突出的节。
- 14.
Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
任何肿块、隆起、肿胀或突出物。
- 15.
The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae.
犬科动物阴茎球的肿胀。
- 16.
The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
故事剧情的关键点；事情的要旨。
- 17.
A node (point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions)
节点(缆索机械中不同方向线条的会聚点)。
- 18.
A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.
一种肩饰；肩章结。
- 19.
A group of people or things.
一群人或物。
- 20.
A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
结合的纽带；联系；连结。
- 21.
A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour.
速度单位,等于每小时一海里。
- 22.
A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
指示空速、校准空速或等效空速的单位,其与速度单位的换算关系可变,以补偿不同大气环境条件对飞机性能的影响。
- 23.
A nautical mile.
一海里。
硬块；肿块；（肌肉）结节；缠结的头发；发结；木节；节疤；一小群；一簇；难题；困境
In use
He tied a tight knot in the rope.
There is a knot in the middle of the string.
She carefully untied the knot on the gift box.
a small knot of women listened to his sermon
the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest
the saw buckled when it hit a knot
a knot in/on sth
There is a knot in the rope.
绳子上有一个结。
tie/untie a knot
Connections
Collocations
- tie a knot
- 打一个结
- He tied a knot in the rope to secure the load.他在绳子上打了个结以固定货物。
- tighten a knot
- 系紧结
- She tightened the knot on the string to prevent it from coming undone.她系紧了绳子上的结，防止它松开。
- loosen a knot
- 解开结
- I tried to loosen the knot in my shoelace, but it was too tight.我试图解开鞋带上的结，但太紧了。
- knot in wood
- 木材上的节疤
- The table had a large knot in the wood that made it unique.这张桌子的木头上有一个大节疤，使它显得独特。
- knot of people
- 一群人
- A knot of people gathered around the street performer.一群人围在街头艺人的周围。
- Gordian knot
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象字母k像绳子，把not绕在一起打个结。
Context & Register
通常用于描述人群或物体的聚集，中性语境，适用于日常和正式场合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with 'knot' (same vowel /ɒ/ and ending /t/). Beware of lookalikes like 'know' (/nəʊ/) and 'knee' (/niː/) which sound completely different.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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